Abortive
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v.) Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
(2): (v.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
(3): (v.) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
(4): (v.) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
(5): (v.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
(6): (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
(7): (n.) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
(8): (n.) A fruitless effort or issue.
(9): (n.) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.
(10): (v.) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
King James Dictionary [2]
Abor'Tive, a.
1. Brought forth in an immature state failing, or coming to naught, before it is complete. 2. Failing in its effect miscarrying producing nothing as an abortive scheme. 3. Rendering abortive as abortive gulf, in Milton, but not legitimate. 4. Pertaining to abortion as abortive vellum, made of the skin of an abortive calf. 5. In botany, an abortive flower is one which falls without producing fruit.
Abor'Tive, n. That which is brought forth or born prematurely. Little used.
