Abortive, adj. 1) born before the due time: “why should I joy in any a. birth?” LLL I, 1, 104.
2) monstrous, unnatural: “allay this thy a. pride,” H6B IV, 1, 60. “if ever he have child, a. be it,” R3 I, 2, 21. I, 3, 228.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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