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aborning

[uh-bawr-ning]
adverb
  1. in birth; before being carried out: The scheme died aborning.
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adjective
  1. being born; coming into being, fruition, realization, etc.: A new era of architecture is aborning.
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Origin of aborning

1930–35; a-1 + borning irregular for being born; see born, -ing2
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Historical Examples

  • And green things died and shriveled, aborning: The desert was dotted with dead cattle.

    Still Jim

    Honor Willsie Morrow

British Dictionary definitions for aborning

aborning

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

C20: from a- ² + borning, from born
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Word Origin and History for aborning

adv.

1893, American English, from a- (1) + born + -ing (2).

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