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Webster 1913 Edition
Gestation
Ges-ta′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).
[Obs.]
2.
The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
3.
Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise.
Dunglison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gestation
GESTA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.2.
The act of wearing, as clothes or ornaments.3.
The act of carrying sick persons in carriages, as a salutary exercise, by which fevers have often been cured.Definition 2024
gestation
gestation
English
Noun
gestation (countable and uncountable, plural gestations)
- The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
- The process of development of a plan or idea.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:
- It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:
Derived terms
Synonyms
Translations
period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body
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process of development of a plan or idea
External links
- gestation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- gestation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911