Both Uses of
abort
in
Gulliver's Travels
- One of these virtuosi seemed to think that I might be an embryo, or abortive birth.†
Chpt 2 *
- He added, "that nature was degenerated in these latter declining ages of the world, and could now produce only small abortive births, in comparison of those in ancient times."†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(abort) terminate (stop) before completion