| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Abortive.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb aborsively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (aborsively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective aborsive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ABORSIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Aborsive \A*bor"sive\ ([.a]*b[^o]r"s[i^]v), adjective. Abortive. [Obsolete]. (references) |
