Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - abort
Abort
abort
v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (of a woman) undergo abortion; miscarry. b (of a foetus) suffer abortion. 2 tr. a effect the abortion of (a foetus). b effect abortion in (a mother). 3 a tr. cause to end fruitlessly or prematurely; stop in the early stages. b intr. end unsuccessfully or prematurely. 4 a tr. abandon or terminate (a space flight or other technical project) before its completion, usu. because of a fault. b intr. terminate or fail to complete such an undertaking. 5 Biol. a intr. (of an organism) remain undeveloped; shrink away. b tr. cause to do this. --n. 1 a prematurely terminated space flight or other undertaking. 2 the termination of such an undertaking. Etymology: L aboriri miscarry (as AB-, oriri ort- be born)
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I. verb see: orient Date: 1580 intransitive verb to bring forth stillborn, nonviable, or premature offspring, to become checked in development so as to degenerate or remain rudimentary, to terminate a procedure prematurely , transitive verb 1. to induce the ~ion of or give birth to prematurely, to terminate the pregnancy of before term, 2. to terminate prematurely ; cancel , to stop in the early stages , ~er noun II. noun Date: 1944 the premature termination of a flight (as of an aircraft or spacecraft), a mission, or an action or procedure relating to a flight ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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