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Webster 1913 Edition

Abortment

A-bort′ment

(ȧ-bôrt′ment)

,

Noun.

Abortion.

[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Abortment

ABORT'MENT

,

Noun.

An untimely birth.

Definition 2024

abortment

abortment

English

Noun

abortment ‎(plural abortments)

(obsolete) Abortion. [Attested from the early 17^th century until the late 19^th century.]^[1]

References

↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 7