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† aˈborsive, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. aborsus, variant of abortus, pa. pple. of aborīri: see abort. Nonius (c. 5, n. 506) makes a distinction between abortus and aborsus, evidently connecting the latter with ordiri to begin; and this was probably also the meaning of Fuller.]
Abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made.
1639Fuller Holy War v. xxv. 287 (1840) Most of these designs were abortive, or aborsive rather. |