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Abort   Listen
noun
Abort  n.  
1.
An untimely birth. (Obs.)
2.
An aborted offspring. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Abort" Quotes from Famous Books



... made to abort a felon. Continuous application of equal parts of alcohol and water night and day may abort it. Tincture of iodine applied to the entire end of the finger may be effective. The hand must be at rest, carried in a sling ...
— The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • Grant Hague

... has been inoculated with the virus of syphilis her existence is equally wretched; her health is ruined; her efficiency is forever mortgaged. If she becomes pregnant she will most likely abort and she will go on aborting for years, in the effort to bring children into the home, accusing herself meantime and submitting to the reflections which are heaped upon her, while the real culprit is the husband. He assumes an injured and innocent attitude and behaves as if he had ...
— The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • W. Grant Hague

... sometimes hinder the development of good dispositions, or even cause them to abort completely. Nevertheless, we shall rarely make false prophecies if we begin by avoiding the gross errors that we have pointed out in the mental evaluation of youth. It is also necessary to institute extensive psychological observations on the ...
— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel



Words linked to "Abort" :   pop off, drop dead, terminate, die, conceive, go, expire, end, buy the farm, termination, abortive, ending, expel, kick the bucket, eject, abortion, miscarry, release, croak, decease, give-up the ghost, perish, exit, pass



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