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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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ABOR'TION, n. [L. abortio, a miscarriage; usually deduced from ab and orior.]
The act of giving premature birth; particularly,
the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of
sustaining life; miscarriage.
* It is sometimes used for the offense of procuring a premature delivery, but strictly the early delivery is the abortion, "causing or procuring abortion" is the full name of the offense. Abbott. The immature product of an untimely
birth.
Arrest of development of any
organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
Any fruit or produce that does not come to
maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or
perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an
abortion.
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