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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unabort en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + abort.

Meanings

  1. (rare) To undo an abortion (in various senses).
    • She can't unabort, and trying to blame a previous abortion is rather like blaming illness on that old lady next door cursing you. 1999 March 21, hereticfromsf <hereticfromsf@my-dejanews.com>, “Re: Post Abortion Stress Syndrome (pro-lie disinformation)”, in alt.abortion (Usenet), message-ID <7d3t5h$77s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>:
    • He was practicing aborting his pilot training, but then he really did abort! By then it was too late to unabort, eh Herbot? 2004 September 10, The Lone Weasel, “Re: Bush Piloted Guard Training Jets Just Before Disappearance”, in talk.politics.guns (Usenet), message-ID <Xns9560B474C36Eloneweaselyahooco@130.133.1.4>:
    • Well, she can't unabort that baby. 1998 January 7, Mr. Nobody, “Re: Building a Consensus Group:”, in alt.abortion (Usenet), message-ID <34B34AA1.23F@toot-toot.com>:
    • You'll never be able to unabort the baby that was alive in your womb years ago. 2016, Chris Foote, Unbelief: Overcoming Our Days of Doubt:

Forms

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unaborts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unaborted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unaborted Tense=Past lexicographic
unaborting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic