aborning
in birth; before being carried out: The scheme died aborning.
being born; coming into being, fruition, realization, etc.: A new era of architecture is aborning.
Origin of aborning
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How to use aborning in a sentence
And green things died and shriveled, aborning: The desert was dotted with dead cattle.
Still Jim | Honor Willsie MorrowI smiled back, but the smile died aborning, for with one motion she rolled over the rail and was gone!
Adventures in Swaziland | Owen Rowe O'NeilThe Homer she had first known, when the El Hassan scheme was still aborning, had thought of himself as a member of a team.
Border, Breed Nor Birth | Dallas McCord ReynoldsTalk of the FCC investigation had died aborning, but talk like that was enough to upset anybody.
Prologue to an Analogue | Leigh Richmond
British Dictionary definitions for aborning
/ (əˈbɔːnɪŋ) /
US while being born, developed, or realized (esp in the phrase die aborning)
Origin of aborning
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