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Gestated
To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
📖 Definitions of "Gestated"
verb
- 1
To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
- 2
(by analogy) To develop an idea.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gestated"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| birthedverb | (transitive) To bear or give birth to (a child). |
| conceivedverb | formed in the mind |
| suckledverb | (of an infant) breast-fed |
| prefiguresverb | (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand. |
| incubatedverb | (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions. |
| coheredverb | (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. |
| transmogrifiedverb | Altered, transformed, or mutated into a form that is grotesque or amusing. |
| aborningverb | (chiefly Canada, US) That is in the process of being born; coming into existence; before coming to completion. |
| hatchedverb | (US politics, colloquial) Fired from one's job for violating the Hatch Act of 1939, which prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government from engaging in certain political activities. |
| fertilizedverb | made pregnant |
| inseminatedverb | made pregnant |
| sownverb | (especially historiography) Cultivated land inhabited by sedentary agriculturalists, in contrast to the nomad pastoralists of the steppe or desert. |
| recapitulatedverb | (ambitransitive) To summarize or repeat in concise form. |
| begottenverb | Brought into being by one's begetter(s). |
| germinatedverb | (intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves. |
| conjoinedverb | Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically. |
| disentangledverb | straightened out |
| reanimatedverb | given fresh life or vigor or spirit |
| glommedverb | (intransitive, informal) To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto. |
| limnedverb | described or represented in a lifelike manner |
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