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gestate

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7 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeegsttStarts with GEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. be pregnant with

Word origin

Back-formation from gestation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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