Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
990,657,883 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

aborning

    0.01 sec.
a·born·ing  (-bôrnng)
adv.
While coming into being or being created: "Our own revolutionary war almost died aborning through lack of popular support" William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
adj.
Coming into being or being created.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
No references found
 
Unfortunately for Garcia, his portrait of the fall of Havana must compete with every moviegoer's memory of the extraordinary scenes in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part II--when Michael Corleone refuses to go in with his fellow gangster Hyman Roth (a barely fictionalized Meyer Lansky) on a multimillion-dollar investment in Cuba because he sees a revolution aborning.
Paradise Lost; Andy Garcia breaks with Hollywood to show where Cuba ... by Podhoretz, John / The Weekly Standard
That's the overall difference, more or less, between the heart of a conventional Nd:YAG laser and one that's now aborning, the Yb:YAG disk-type diode pumped laser (the former uses neodymium and the latter ytterbium).
The disk difference: Improving laser output; It's smaller and ... by Vasilash, Gary S. / Automotive Design & Production
" (63) In the decade from 1978 to 1988, when ELCA was budding or aborning, multiple disappointments over LBW--from the absence of Ylvisaker's folk setting to this or that hymn--gave rise to rumors and realities of "worship wars.
Liturgy, unity, and disunity: the context and legacy of LBW by Quere, Ralph W. / Currents in Theology and Mission
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.