| Abortive: English to English |
| Abortive (n.) A fruitless effort or issue. |
| Abortive (n.) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion. |
| Abortive (n.) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. |
| Abortive (v.) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines. |
| Abortive (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt. |
| Abortive (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever. |
| Abortive (v.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc. |
| Abortive (v.) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum. |
| Abortive (v.) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child. |
| Abortive (v.) Rendering fruitless or ineffectual. |