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Webster 1913 Edition


Abortiveness

A-bor′tive-ness

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Noun.
The quality of being abortive.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abortiveness

ABOR'TIVENESS

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Noun.
The state of being abortive; a failing in the progress to perfection or maturity; a failure of producing the intended effect.

Definition 2024


abortiveness

abortiveness

English

Noun

abortiveness (usually uncountable, plural abortivenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being abortive. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
  2. (countable) The result or product of being abortive.

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References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 7