Bible Dictionaries
Abort

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An untimely birth.

(2):

(n.) An aborted offspring.

(3):

(v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

(4):

(v. i.) To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Abort'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/abort.html. 1828.