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pregnant |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pregnant \Preg"nant\, a. [L. praegnans -antis; prae before + genere, gignere to beget: cf F. pr['e]gnant. See {Gender}, 2d {Kin}.] 1. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth. 2. Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as pregnant replies. `` A pregnant argument.'' --Prynne. `` A pregnant brevity.'' From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pregnant \Preg"nant\, n. A pregnant woman. [R.] --Dunglison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pregnant \Preg"nant\, a. [F. prenant taking. Cf {Pregnable}.] Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open prompt. [Obs.] `` Pregnant to good pity.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pregnant adj 1: carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life [ant: {nonpregnant}] 2: rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"; "pregnant with meaning" [syn: {meaning(a)}, {significant}] 3: filled with or attended with "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" [syn: {fraught(p)}]
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