"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 Forms: more abortive [comparative], most abortive [superlative]
Etymology: First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English abortif, 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|abortif}} Middle English abortif, {{der|en|fro|abortif}} Old French abortif, {{der|en|la|abortīvus||causing abortion}} Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”) 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)
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  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)
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  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)
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  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)
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  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)
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  6. (medicine, of a disease) Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: having a short and mild progression): abortív (Hungarian)
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  7. Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
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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 Forms: abortives [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English abortif, 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|abortif}} Middle English abortif, {{der|en|fro|abortif}} Old French abortif, {{der|en|la|abortīvus||causing abortion}} Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”) 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)
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  2. (obsolete) A fruitless effort. Tags: obsolete Translations (fruitless effort): Erfolglosigkeit [feminine] (German)
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  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)
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  4. (obsolete) A medicine or treatment acting to halt or slow the progress of a disease. Tags: obsolete
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Verb

IPA: /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ [US], /əˈbɔː.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-abortive.wav 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 abortif, 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|abortif}} Middle English abortif, {{der|en|fro|abortif}} Old French abortif, {{der|en|la|abortīvus||causing abortion}} Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”) 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
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