v. Obs. [erroneous refashioning of avort, a. Fr. avorte-r:—late L. abortā-re, as in ADVANCE; see AD- 2.] To miscarry.
1572. Lament. Lady Scotland, in Sc. P. of 16th c., II. 242. I trauell ȝit as I had them aduortit; The malice greit that ilk to uther beires Doth ryfe my bowells with their ciuile weirs.
