ABORT

abort

(noun) the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; “I wasted a year of my life working on an abort”; “he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area”

abort

(verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

abort

(verb) cease development, die, and be aborted; “an aborting fetus”

abort

(verb) terminate before completion; “abort the mission”; “abort the process running on my computer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

abort (plural aborts)

(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17^th century.]

(now, rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]

(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.

(computing) The function used to abort a process.

(computing) An event involving the abort of a process.

Etymology 2

Verb

abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)

(intransitive, now, rare outside, medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19^th century.]

(transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

(intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

(intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]

(transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]

(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.

Anagrams

• Barot, Barto, Bator, ORBAT, Tabor, Tobar, Torba, boart, rabot, tabor

Source: Wiktionary

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A*bort", v. i. Etym: [L. abortare, fr. abortus, p. p. of aboriri; ab + oriri to rise, to be born. See Orient.]

1. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

A*bort", n. Etym: [L. abortus, fr. aboriri.]

1. An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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