v.
- carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus).
- Biology (of an embryonic organ or organism) fail to mature.
- bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault.
n.
chiefly technical an act of aborting a flight or other enterprise.
Etymology
C16: from L. aboriri ‘miscarry’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + oriri ‘be born’.