aborted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb terminate before completion
    abort.
    • abort the mission
    • abort the process running on my computer
  2. verb cease development, die, and be aborted
    abort.
    • an aborting fetus
  3. verb terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
    abort.

WordNet

A*bort"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Brought forth prematurely.
  2. (Biol.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
    The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.

Webster 1913