4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Abortive \A*bor"tive\, a. [L. abortivus, fr. aboriri. See {Abort}, v.] 1. Produced by abortion.as, an abortive child. [R.] [1913 Webster + AS] 2. Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. Rendering fruitless or ineffectual. [Obs.] "Plunged in that abortive gulf." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt. "An abortive enterprise." --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 5. (Biol.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc. AS [1913 Webster] 6. (Med.) (a) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines. --Parr. AS (b) Cutting short the period of an illness; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever. [1913 Webster + AS] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Abortive \A*bor"tive\, n. 1. That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A fruitless effort or issue. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion; -- also called an {abortifacient}. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster +PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: abortive adj : failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President" [syn: {stillborn}, {unsuccessful}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 37 Moby Thesaurus words for "abortive": barren, bootless, failed, failing, fruitless, futile, gainless, immature, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, lame, manque, miscarried, miscarrying, nonremunerative, of no effect, otiose, profitless, rewardless, sterile, stickit, stillborn, successless, unavailable, unavailing, unformed, unfortunate, unmatured, unproductive, unprofitable, unremunerative, unrewarding, unripe, unsuccessful, useless, vain
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