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parturiate, v. rare.|pɑːˈtjʊərɪeɪt|
[irreg. f. L. parturī-re + -ate3.]
a. intr. To bring forth young; to bear fruit.
b. trans. To bring forth.
1660Hickeringill Jamaica (1661) 33 This Tree Parturiates every Moneth, and will have fifty or sixty Nuts at a burthen. 1866J. B. Rose tr. Ovid, Met. 18 And then did mother earth parturiate Spontaneously. Ibid. 161 The goddess great, parturiating twins. ― Fasti i. 669 The matrons vowed not to parturiate, And slew their offspring in its embryo state. 1922Joyce Ulysses 206, I am big with child... Let me parturiate! |