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单词 aborsive
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aborsiveadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin aborsus , abortus , -ive suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin aborsus, variant of abortus, past participle of aborīrī (see abort v.) + -ive suffix. Compare abortive adj. and slightly earlier abortive n. Compare also aborsement n. and β. forms at abort v.Compare the distinction made by Nonius Marcellus (4th cent.) between abortus abort n. and aborsus , evidently connecting the latter with classical Latin ordīrī to begin (see order n.).
Obsolete. rare.
Abortive from the start; that never begins.
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1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxv. 272 Most of these designes were abortive, or aborsive rather.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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