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Abject vs Abortive - What's the difference?

abject | abortive |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between abject and abortive

is that abject is (obsolete) to cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase while abortive is (obsolete) to cause an abortion; to render without fruit .

As adjectives the difference between abject and abortive

is that abject is (obsolete) rejected; cast aside while abortive is (obsolete) produced by abortion; born prematurely .

As nouns the difference between abject and abortive

is that abject is a person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast while abortive is (obsolete) that which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion .

As verbs the difference between abject and abortive

is that abject is (obsolete) to cast off or out; to reject while abortive is (obsolete) to cause an abortion; to render without fruit .

abject

English

Etymology 1

* From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
  • Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
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  • Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
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  • Showing utter hopelessness; helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
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    • Usage notes
    * Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.
    Synonyms
    * beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthless
    Related terms
    * abjectly * abjectness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.
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    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) abjecten, derived from the adjective form.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
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  • (obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
    • (John Donne)
    Related terms
    * abjection

    References

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    abortive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely.
    • an abortive child
  • Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful.
    • an abortive attempt
  • * 1799 edition, , Paradise Lost :
    • and with utter loss of being
    Threatens him, plung'd in that abortive gulf.
  • * (rfdate),
    • An abortive enterprise.
  • (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
    • an abortive organ
    an abortive stamen
    an abortive ovule
  • (medicine, rare, attributive) Causing abortion; abortifacient
    • abortive medicines
  • * (Parr)
  • (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
    • abortive treatment of typhoid fever
  • Made from the skin of a still-born animal.
    • abortive vellum

    Derived terms

    * abortiveness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
  • * "Thou elvish-mark'd, abortive , rooting hog!" - Shakespeare, Richard III, I-iii
  • (obsolete) A fruitless effort or issue.
  • (obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.

    • Verb

    (abortiv)
  • (obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

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