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parturition|pɑːtjʊəˈrɪʃən|
[ad. L. parturītiōn-em, n. of action f. parturīre: see parturient.]
1. The action of bringing forth or of being delivered of young; childbirth. (Chiefly in technical use; also fig.)
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 116 The conformation of parts is necessarily required..also unto the parturition or very birth it selfe. 1799Med. Jrnl. I. 157 Case of difficult Parturition. 1877Shields Final Philos. 127 What Rospe termed Nature in the act of parturition.
†2. That which is brought forth; a ‘birth’; offspring. In quot. fig. Obs. rare.
1659O. Walker Oratory viii. 117 The ardency of love, which we have to any new parturition, is by some space of time abated, after that we have diverted to some other imployment. |