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abortiving

abortiving is the present participle and gerund of abortive.

Meaning of abortive

Verb

abortive (third-person singular simple present abortives, present participle abortiving, simple past and past participle abortived)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

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Questions about abortiving

What is abortiving the present participle and gerund of?
Abortiving is the present participle and gerund of abortive.

Words near abortiving in the dictionary

  1. abortived
  2. abortively
  3. abortiveness
  4. abortivenesses
  5. abortives
  6. abortiving
  7. abortivity
  8. abortment
  9. abortments
  10. abortogenic
  11. abortogenics

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