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单词 gestatory
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gestatoryadj.

/ˈdʒɛstətəri/
Etymology: < Latin gestātōrius, < gestātōr-em, gestātor, one who carries, < gestāre to carry.
rare.
a. Adapted for carrying or wearing. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [adjective] > having neck ornament
carcaneteda1652
gestatorya1682
bullated1698
locketed1871
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 90 The Crowns and Garlands of the Ancients were either Gestatory, such as they wore about their Heads and Necks [etc.].
1882 Antiq. May 187 Gestatory garlands worn round the neck.
b. Of or pertaining to carrying as a form of exercise.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [adjective] > specific exercises
breatheda1425
gestatory1804
1804 Edinb. Rev. 4 190 We shall now take leave of Dr. Jackson and his gestatory plan of cure.

Draft additions 1993

Now usually with pronunciation /dʒɛˈsteɪtərɪ/.
2. Of the nature of gestation; gestational.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective] > relating to
gestative1828
gestate1854
gestatory1889
gestational1896
antenatal1910
prenatal1914
progestational1923
progestogenic1948
1889 in Cent. Dict.
1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon iv. 86 I have noticed..that the gestatory period is quite biological.
1970 B. Brewster tr. L. Althusser & E. Balibar Reading Capital i. xvii. 60 In gestatory sciences, and a fortiori in regions still dominated by an ideological ‘knowledge’, the intervention of other practices often plays a determinant critical role which may even be revolutionary.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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