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单词 abortivate
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abortivateadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English abortivate , abortivate v.
Etymology: < abortivate, past participle of abortivate v.
Obsolete. rare.
Imperfect, defective.
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the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > a quality
poor?c1225
defectivea1398
imperfectc1400
spoliate?a1500
reprimate1579
abortivatea1640
manqué1773
a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3075 They were a kind of Abortivate or ill thriven Seed, no true Sons or children of Abraham.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

abortivatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abortīvus , -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < classical Latin abortīvus abortive adj. + -ate suffix3, after e.g. captivate v., activate v., etc. Compare earlier abort v. and slightly earlier abortive v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make abortive or fruitless. Cf. abortive v. 1.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > render unproductive [verb (transitive)]
salta1586
abortive1615
abortivate1625
1625 T. Jackson Treat. Vnbeliefe conc. Deitie 64 Some Atheists may so farre abortivate, or dead the seedes of religion sowen in their soules.
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus vi. 110 Our Chancellour does most worthyly to attack the youth of our Prince with such desensatives, as may abortivate the Attempts of passion and lubricity upon him.
a1680 S. Charnock Two Disc. (1699) i. 154 Men having abortivated and deadned all those reliques and natural infusions of God in their Soul, any lively Truth and Apprehensions of him proves most unsavoury.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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