"abortive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ [US], /əˈbɔː.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-abortive.wav [UK] Forms: more abortive [comparative], most abortive [superlative]
Etymology: First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|abortif}} Old French abortif, {{der|en|la|abortīvus||causing abortion}} Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), {{m|la|aborior||miscarry, disappear}} aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), {{m|la|ab|t=amiss}} ab (“amiss”), {{m|la|orior|t=appear, be born, arise}} orior (“appear, be born, arise”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} abortive (comparative more abortive, superlative most abortive)
  1. (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural. Tags: obsolete Translations (produced by abortion; born prematurely): abortti- (Finnish), abortif [masculine] (French), abgetrieben (German), vorzeitig (German), abortiv (Norwegian Bokmål), aborcyjny (Polish), abortivo (Portuguese), abortivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-adj-MQS1cFf6 Disambiguation of 'produced by abortion; born prematurely': 66 5 7 9 4 3 6
  2. Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. . Synonyms: miscarrying, fruitless, unsuccessful, useless Translations (coming to naught; fruitless): ἐκβόλιμος (ekbólimos) (Ancient Greek), несполучлив (nespolučliv) (Bulgarian), vruchteloos (Dutch), tevergeefs (Dutch), aborta (Esperanto), hyödytön (Finnish), erfolglos (German), wirkungslos (German), fruchtlos (German), fehlgeschlagen (German), misslungen (German), nutzlos (German), vergebens (German), vergeblich (German), Fehl- (German), gescheitert (German), abortív (Hungarian), fruktesløs (Norwegian Bokmål), nytteløs (Norwegian Bokmål), بی نتیجه (Persian), nieudany (Polish), abortivo (Portuguese), propalo (Serbo-Croatian), neuspjelo (Serbo-Croatian), izjalovljeno (Serbo-Croatian), fracasado (Spanish), frustrado (Spanish), malogrado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-adj-rK3Gyz4p Disambiguation of 'coming to naught; fruitless': 2 69 14 3 7 3 2
  3. (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile): rudimentair (Dutch), surkastunut (Finnish), abortiivinen (Finnish), abortif [masculine] (French), abortive [feminine] (French), unvollkommen (German), rudimentär (German), verkümmert (German), vorzeitig (German), abortív (Hungarian), abortiv (Norwegian Bokmål), abortivo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-adj-QwjnRFEd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 16 29 14 14 13 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 11 28 9 10 10 3 10 2 2 2 6 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile': 2 5 86 2 2 2 0
  4. (medicine, pharmacology, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Medicine, Pharmaceutical effects, Abortion Translations (causing abortion): abortiu [masculine] (Catalan), abortiva [feminine] (Catalan), avortiu [masculine] (Catalan), avortiva [feminine] (Catalan), afdrijvend (Dutch), abortiivinen (Finnish), abortif [masculine] (French), abortive [feminine] (French), abtreibend (German), abortiv (German), abortív (Hungarian), abortiv (Norwegian Bokmål), aborcyjny (Polish), abortivo (Portuguese), abortífero (Portuguese), amblótico (Portuguese), abortivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-adj-1ubM8-ZL Disambiguation of Abortion: 6 2 6 29 6 6 0 13 0 20 6 6 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'causing abortion': 11 6 6 68 5 3 1
  5. (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease). Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: cutting short): gestopt (Dutch), katkaiseva (Finnish), abortif [masculine] (French), abortive [feminine] (French), abbrechen (German), abortiv (German), abortív (Hungarian), abortiv (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-adj-rCM4jkkL Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: cutting short': 2 8 3 5 73 7 2
  6. (medicine, of a disease) Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms. Tags: of a disease Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: having a short and mild progression): abortív (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-adj-cVpDVIpq Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: having a short and mild progression': 1 3 3 6 10 76 2
  7. Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-adj-U-E9PfhB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abortively, abortiveness, antiabortive, nonabortive, postabortive, subabortive, unabortive

Noun

IPA: /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ [US], /əˈbɔː.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-abortive.wav [UK] Forms: abortives [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|abortif}} Old French abortif, {{der|en|la|abortīvus||causing abortion}} Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), {{m|la|aborior||miscarry, disappear}} aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), {{m|la|ab|t=amiss}} ab (“amiss”), {{m|la|orior|t=appear, be born, arise}} orior (“appear, be born, arise”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} abortive (plural abortives)
  1. (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. Tags: obsolete Translations (that which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion): سَقْط (saqṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), سقط (saʔṭ) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), abortti (Finnish), Abort [masculine] (German), Abtreibung [feminine] (German), Interruptio [neuter] (German), aborto [masculine] (Portuguese), abortivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-noun-9ONIsuRT Disambiguation of 'that which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion': 84 3 12 1
  2. (obsolete) A fruitless effort. Tags: obsolete Translations (fruitless effort): Erfolglosigkeit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-noun-19KOzL9V Disambiguation of 'fruitless effort': 2 95 1 1
  3. (obsolete) A medicine that causes abortion, an abortifacient. Tags: obsolete Translations (medicine that causes abortion): abortiu [masculine] (Catalan), keskeytyslääke (Finnish), aborttilääke (Finnish), Abtreibungsmittel [neuter] (German), abortiv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), abortivo [masculine] (Portuguese), amblótico (Portuguese), abortiv [neuter] (Romanian), abortivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-noun-9tDNkP1c Disambiguation of 'medicine that causes abortion': 25 2 64 9
  4. (obsolete) A medicine or treatment acting to halt or slow the progress of a disease. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-noun-eKM7YZVK

Verb

IPA: /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ [US], /əˈbɔː.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-abortive.wav [UK] Forms: abortives [present, singular, third-person], abortiving [participle, present], abortived [participle, past], abortived [past]
Etymology: First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|abortif}} Old French abortif, {{der|en|la|abortīvus||causing abortion}} Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), {{m|la|aborior||miscarry, disappear}} aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), {{m|la|ab|t=amiss}} ab (“amiss”), {{m|la|orior|t=appear, be born, arise}} orior (“appear, be born, arise”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} abortive (third-person singular simple present abortives, present participle abortiving, simple past and past participle abortived)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-abortive-en-verb-z12DIFAX

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "produced by abortion; born prematurely",
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      "code": "grc",
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