† with-childv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To ‘get with child’, make pregnant.Apparently an isolated use.
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geta1375
to beget with childa1393
impregn?c1550
season1555
enwomb1590
knock1598
with-child1605
fill1607
fertilitate1638
ingravidate1642
impregnate1646
improlificate1646
prolificate1650
pregnant1660
pregnate1686
fecundate1721
fecundify1736
to knock up1813
to put in the family way1898
inseminate1923
to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936
stork1936
to put in the way1960
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 44 The lustie Heau'n with Earth doth company; And with a fruitfull seed..With-Childs..his owne lawfull wife.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 481 Their Order order-les, and Peace-full Braule With-child's the World; fills Sea, and Earth, and All.
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