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gestate
[ jes-teyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to carry in the womb during the period from conception to delivery.
- to think of and develop (an idea, opinion, plan, etc.) slowly in the mind.
verb (used without object)
- to experience the process of gestating offspring.
- to develop slowly.
gestate
/ ˈɛٱɪ /
verb
- tr to carry (developing young) in the uterus during pregnancy
- tr to develop (a plan or idea) in the mind
- intr to be in the process of gestating
Word History and Origins
Origin of gestate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gestate1
Example Sentences
“Burt,” his second feature, was shot over seven days for $7,000, though the project had been gestating for seven years by the time cameras rolled.
As female cicadas lay eggs that gestate for the next 13 or 17 years, it can cause short-term damage to some trees and shrubs.
Three clinics stopped IVF services because of the civil liability concerns raised by the ruling, which treated a frozen embryo the same as a child or gestating fetus under Alabama’s wrongful death law.
The majority ruling of Alabama’s Supreme Court treats an embryo the same as a child or gestating fetus under the state’s wrongful death law, explicitly stating “unborn children are ‘children.’”
The decision, which treated the embryos the same as a child or gestating fetus under the state’s wrongful death law, raised concerns about civil liabilities for clinics.
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