ABOR'TION, noun [Latin abortio, a miscarriage; usually deduced from ab and orior.] 1. The act of miscarrying, or producing young before the natural time, or before the fetus is perfectly formed. 2. In a figurative sense, any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or any thing which fails in its progress, before it is matured or perfect, as a design or project. 3. The fetus brought forth before it is perfectly formed.
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