English Dictionary

abortive

/əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/

noun

(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. / (obsolete) A fruitless effort.

The mission was an abortive.

意味（1）

(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.

Thou elvish-mark'd, abortive, rooting hog!

意味（2）

(obsolete) A fruitless effort.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.