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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gestation \Ges*ta"tion\, n. [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr gerere gestum, to bear: cf F. gestation. See {Gest} deed, {Jest}.] 1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.] 2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. 3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. --Dunglison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gestation n 1: the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) [syn: {gestation period}] 2: the state of being pregnant [syn: {pregnancy}]
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