aborning, adv. and pred. a. Chiefly U.S.
(əˈbɔːnɪŋ)
[f. a prep.1 12 + borning, f. born.]
(While) being born or produced.
| 1934 in Webster. 1943 H. A. Wallace Century of Common Man (1944) 87 A future which..will save and share the culture past and now aborning. 1957 D. W. Brogan French Nation v. 189 The Franco-Russian alliance was a long time aborning. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk xiv. 297 Some names are obsolete; some died aborning. 1961 Woman's Own 16 Dec. 9/1 A home for a child aborning. |