† gravidationn.
Obsolete.
The condition or fact of being pregnant.
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pregnation?a1425
gravidation1450
pregnancyc1487
conceytatea1500
greatnessa1500
tympany1580
childbearing1612
gestation1615
ingravidation1615
gravidity1651
pregnantness1727
utero-gestation1775
baby-making1827
situation1829
enceinteship1841
tecnogonia1860
infanticipation1934
1450 Mirour Saluacioun 924 Whare of shuld sho conceyue this grauidacioune.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A being great with Childe, Pregnation, Grauidation.
1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica i. f. 8 The usual time or term of womens gravidation.
1667 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 388 Pregnant Bitches..at certain times of their gravidation.
1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. ii. 20 Her Gravitation..was free from many of the Infirmities common to others of her Sex.
1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. iii. 59 Who can conceive..the Graces Thou hast received during the Nine months of thy Gravitation!
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