Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of abort
"The pilot aborted the takeoff when he noticed smoke coming from the engine."
Brought forth prematurely.
"The pregnancy was aborted after the doctor detected a serious heart defect in the fetus."
The word comes from the Latin abortus, meaning a miscarriage or stillbirth, combined with the suffix -ed to form its past tense. It originally referred to the termination of pregnancy before birth.