Word Meanings - ABORTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen. (more info) 1. Brought forth

Additional info about word: ABORTED

Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen. (more info) 1. Brought forth prematurely.

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  Bold; forward; aggressive.
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  Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.
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  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
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  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
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  The state or quality of being mature; maturity.
• ABORTED
  Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen. (more info) 1. Brought forth
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  Exhibition on the stage.
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  Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc. Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines. Parr. Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever. (more info) 1. Produced by abortion; born
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