"abortificant" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From abort + -ify + -ic + -ant.",
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      "form": "abortificants",
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          "text": "Old witches in the cities and country-side throve upon the sale of death spells and love philtres. They also made a trade of abortificants, and frequently practised the whiles of the procuress.",
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        "Anything, especially a medicine or preparation, used to induce an abortion."
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          "word": "abortifacient"
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  "word": "abortificant"
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