gestate
verb /dʒeˈsteɪt/
/ˈdʒesteɪt/
(biology or medical)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gestate | /dʒeˈsteɪt/ /ˈdʒesteɪt/ |
| he / she / it gestates | /dʒeˈsteɪts/ /ˈdʒesteɪts/ |
| past simple gestated | /dʒeˈsteɪtɪd/ /ˈdʒesteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle gestated | /dʒeˈsteɪtɪd/ /ˈdʒesteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form gestating | /dʒeˈsteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdʒesteɪtɪŋ/ |
- gestate something to carry a young human or animal inside the womb until it is bornWord Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin gestat- ‘carried in the womb’, from the verb gestare.