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gestate

[jes-teyt]

verb (used with object)

gestated, gestating 
  1. to carry in the womb during the period from conception to delivery.

  2. to think of and develop (an idea, opinion, plan, etc.) slowly in the mind.



verb (used without object)

gestated, gestating 
  1. to experience the process of gestating offspring.

  2. to develop slowly.

gestate

/ ˈ»åĻōɛ²õ³Ł±šÉŖ³Ł /

verb

  1. (tr) to carry (developing young) in the uterus during pregnancy

  2. (tr) to develop (a plan or idea) in the mind

  3. (intr) to be in the process of gestating

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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of gestate1

First recorded in 1865–70; from Latin ²µ±š²õ³ŁÄå³Ł³Ü²õ, past participle of ²µ±š²õ³ŁÄå°ł±š ā€œto carry about, carry in the womb,ā€ frequentative of gerere ā€œto bear, performā€
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of gestate1

C19: back formation from gestation
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Brown began researching robots and robotics, and slowly the story gestated in his mind.

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ā€œBurt,ā€ 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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ā€œunborn children are ā€˜children.ā€™ā€

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