gestate

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English

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Etymology

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Back-formation from gestation.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gestate (third-person singular simple present gestates, present participle gestating, simple past and past participle gestated)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
    • 1990 December 9, Walta Borawski, quoting Allen Barnett, “'Unfortunately, Life Has Followed Art...'”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 7:
      Barnett is not currently working on a novel. "Something is gestating in my head," he says, "but I am not yet sure if I have one character or two."
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Latin

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Participle

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gestāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of gestātus

Spanish

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Verb

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gestate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of gestar combined with te