verb
gestate
Gestate (verb) means to carry a baby or young animal in the womb until birth.
verb
1
To carry a baby or young animal in the womb until birth.
"In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates."
— H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition (2012)
2
To work out or build up an idea.
"Barnett is not currently working on a novel. "Something is gestating in my head," he says, "but I am not yet sure if I have one character or two.""
— Walta Borawski, 'Unfortunately, Life Has Followed Art...' (1990)
"Philip wondered at that five-year gap. Perhaps it simply proved that a work of genius takes longer to gestate than a work of mere competent brilliance."
— David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes (1986)
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Etymology
A back-formation from gestation, using -ate (a verb-forming suffix).
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What is the meaning of gestate?
"gestate" (verb) means to carry a baby or young animal in the womb until birth.
What is another word for gestate?
Other words for "gestate" include carry, conceptualize, bear, conceptualise, expect, conceive.
What are the different meanings of gestate?
"gestate" has 2 main meanings: 1. To carry a baby or young animal in the womb until birth; 2. To work out or build up an idea.
