gestate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from gestation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gestate (third-person singular simple present gestates, present participle gestating, simple past and past participle gestated)
- (intransitive) To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
- 2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press, →ISBN:
- In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates.
- (by extension, intransitive) To develop an idea.
- 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 112:
- Philip wondered at that five-year gap. Perhaps it simply proved that a work of genius takes longer to gestate than a work of mere competent brilliance.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to carry offspring in the uterus
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
gestāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
gestate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of gestar combined with te
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