gestantadj.
/ˈdʒɛstənt/ rare.
Pregnant; in quot. 1851 figurative.
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greatc1175
with childc1175
with childc1300
baggeda1400
bounda1400
pregnant?a1425
quicka1450
greaterc1480
heavyc1480
teeming1530
great-bellied1533
big1535
boundenc1540
impregnate1540
great-wombeda1550
young with child1566
gravid1598
pregnate1598
pagled1599
enceinte1602
child-great1605
conceived1637
big-bellieda1646
brooding1667
in the (also a) family way1688
in the (also that) way1741
undelivered1799
ensient1818
enwombeda1822
in a delicate condition1827
gestant1851
in pod1890
up the (also a) pole1918
in a particular condition1922
preg?1927
in the spud line1937
up the spout1937
preggy1938
up the stick1941
preggers1942
in pig1945
primigravid1949
preggo1951
in a certain condition1958
gestating1961
up the creek1961
in the (pudding) cluba1966
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1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. xii. 104 Cannons rolling on, Like blind, slow storm-clouds gestant with the heat Of undeveloped lightnings.
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adj.1851- to fall in a rage
- to fall in a sound
- to fall in age
- to fall in bits
- to fall in dust
- to fall in etc
- to fall in flesh
- to fall in for
- to fall in hand
- to fall in hand to do (something)
- to fall in hand with )
- to fall in hands
- to fall in hate
- to fall in hate with
- to fall in leak
- to fall in line
- to fall in love
- to fall in mould
- to fall in on itself
- to fall in one's way
- to fall in planets
- to fall in powder
- to fall in rage
- to fall in staves
- to drum out