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C0291300 (chīld)n. pl. chil·dren (chĭl′drən) 1. a. A person between birth and puberty.b. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.2. a. An unborn infant; a fetus.b. An infant; a baby.3. One who is childish or immature.4. A son or daughter; an offspring.5. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.6. a. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.b. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).Idiom: with child Pregnant.

[Middle English, from Old English cild.]

child′less adj.child′less·ness n.

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with child - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"enceinte, gravid, expectant, great, large, big, heavypregnant - carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

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Pregnant. Although still used today, this term is somewhat formal and old-fashioned. Yes, it's true—I'm with child and about three months along! Did you hear that Marissa is with child? Such happy news!See also: child

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Euph. pregnant. (Biblical. *Typically: be ~; get a woman ~.) The first thing he did after he got married was to get his wife with child. She deliberately set out to get herself with child, as they say.See also: child

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Pregnant.See also: child

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adj in an advanced stage of pregnancy

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