[{"word":"abortive","phonetic":"/əˈbɔː.tɪv/","phonetics":[{"text":"/əˈbɔː.tɪv/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/abortive-uk.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81996788","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}},{"text":"/əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A fruitless effort or issue.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"an abortive child"},{"definition":"Coming to nothing; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"an abortive attempt"},{"definition":"Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"an abortive organ"},{"definition":"(pharmaceutical effect) Causing abortion; abortifacient","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"abortive medicines"},{"definition":"Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"abortive treatment of typhoid fever"},{"definition":"Made from the skin of a still-born animal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"abortive vellum"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abortive"]}]