aborning

[uh-bawr-ning]

adverb

1. in birth; before being carried out.

   The scheme died aborning.

adjective

1. being born; coming into being, fruition, realization, etc..

   A new era of architecture is aborning.

aborning

/ əˈbɔːnɪŋ /

adverb

1. while being born, developed, or realized (esp in the phrase die aborning )

Word History and Origins

Origin of aborning¹

1930–35; a- ¹ + borning irregular for being born; born, -ing ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of aborning¹

C20: from _a- ² + borning, from _born

Example Sentences

And now, even as “New York, New York” opens, another show is aborning.

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Rather, it is the fact Pelosi has been in office so long and generations of would-be successors have aged out and retired from public life, their hopes aborning as her tenure endures.

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On the Australian Embassy, the vertical ribs are the russet color of new copper, just aborning.

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The wish for a movie museum, long aborning in status-conscious Hollywood, found a home.

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“The federal claim dies aborning.”

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