abortire

to abort

verb ah-bor-TEE-reh Rare

Origin: Latin abortire (to miscarry), from ab- + oriri (to arise)

Also means

to miscarry

Usage Note

Abortire is used both for a medically induced abortion and for a spontaneous miscarriage (aborto spontaneo). In extended use it means to abandon a plan mid-course, similar to English 'abort mission'. It takes the auxiliary avere in compound tenses.

Examples

"La missione fu costretta ad abortire."

Natural Translation

The mission was forced to abort.

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