aborning

Definitions


[əˈbɔːnɪŋ], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- while being born or produced
(e.g: the idea died aborning)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from a- ‘in the process of’ + borning, verbal noun from born (North American dialect usage) ‘to be born’


[əˈbɔːnɪŋ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- being born or produced
(e.g: in the early 1960s, hippiedom was aborning)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from a- ‘in the process of’ + borning, verbal noun from born (North American dialect usage) ‘to be born’




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