Obs. rare–1. [f. L. abortīv-us, ABORTIVE, after anal. of captiv-ate, activ-ate, etc. See -ATE3.] To render abortive; = ABORTIVE v.
c. 1630. Jackson, Creed, V. vii. Wks. 1844, IV. 62. Atheists may so far abortivate or dead the seeds of religion sown in their souls.
