gestateadj.
/dʒɛˈsteɪt/, /ˈdʒɛsteɪt/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛˌsteɪt/ In course of gestation.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective] > relating to
gestative1828
gestate1854
gestatory1889
gestational1896
antenatal1910
prenatal1914
progestational1923
progestogenic1948
1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxiv. 169 The gendering caves and secrets where thy spring Is gestate, and the summer yet to be Seethes dark.
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gestatev.
/dʒɛˈsteɪt/, /ˈdʒɛsteɪt/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛˌsteɪt/ transitive. To carry in the womb during the period between conception and birth. Also figurative.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > carry in womb [verb (transitive)]
bearOE
breedc1000
enfaunt1483
carry1561
enwomba1616
expect1800
gestate1866
1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 May 1 There are mammals..whose progeny leave the womb half gestated.
1886 T. Frost Reminisc. Country Journalist x. 116 [His] mind was then gestating a work of the most original character.
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b. absol. or intransitive. Also figurative.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > be pregnant [verb (intransitive)]
goOE
to go with childc1300
baga1400
gravidate1623
breed1629
(to be) in an interesting condition1748
gestate1883
expect1906
infanticipate1934
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] > develop
gestatea1961
1883 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Mar. 502/1 The smaller tapir, which has recently bred in the Gardens, is believed to gestate for double this period.
a1961 in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Refusing to write a word of the proposed novel, the author declared that he was gestating.
1975 in Cleese & Booth Compl. Fawlty Towers (1988) 18 Did you know that a female gibbon gestates for seven months?
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2. intransitive. To develop in the womb; also figurative, to approach completion or maturity.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > embryo development processes > develop in the womb [verb (intransitive)]
gestate1966
1966 in Random House Dict. Eng. Lang.
1976 Church Times 3 Dec. 7/1 He soothed his chagrin at the non-arrival of a son (one did eventually gestate) by giving the baby the female equivalent of his own name.
1983 Times 12 Mar. 3/1 The proposals..have been gestating in the Department of Education and Science for the past year.
1984 Economist 14 July 81/3 The embryo formed in this way must still implant and gestate in a woman's womb.
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geˈstating adj. undergoing or engaged in the process of gestation.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective]
greatc1175
with childc1175
with childc1300
baggeda1400
bounda1400
pregnant?a1425
quicka1450
greaterc1480
heavyc1480
teeming1530
great-bellied1533
big1535
boundenc1540
impregnate1540
great-wombeda1550
young with child1566
gravid1598
pregnate1598
pagled1599
enceinte1602
child-great1605
conceived1637
big-bellieda1646
brooding1667
in the (also a) family way1688
in the (also that) way1741
undelivered1799
ensient1818
enwombeda1822
in a delicate condition1827
gestant1851
in pod1890
up the (also a) pole1918
in a particular condition1922
preg?1927
in the spud line1937
up the spout1937
preggy1938
up the stick1941
preggers1942
in pig1945
primigravid1949
preggo1951
in a certain condition1958
gestating1961
up the creek1961
in the (pudding) cluba1966
gravidated-
1961 Amer. Zool. 1 389/2 We studied the effect of EAT [sc. Ehrlich ascites tumour] transplants on the mammary duct epithelium of gestating and lactating mice.
1961 Amer. Zool. 1 389/2 In contradistinction to the stimulation of the gestating gland by the EAT, there was no significant effect of the tumor on the lactating gland.
1987 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 25 May 17/2 How many military engagements will the U.S. undertake to keep rigs out of view of California condominium owners and gestating Porcupine caribou?
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