Obs. rare–1. [f. ABORTIVATE v. for abortivated: after analogy of ppl. adj. like separate of identical form with the vb. See -ATE2.] Imperfect, defective.
c. 1630. Jackson, Creed, X. xxiii. Wks. 1844, IX. 150. They were a kind of abortivate or ill thriven seed, no true sons or children.
