ges|tate

ges|tate
ges|tate «JEHS tayt», verb, -tat|ed, -tat|ing.
–v.t.
1. to carry in the womb during pregnancy: »

There are mammals…whose progeny leave the womb half gestated (Pall Mall Gazette).

2. Figurative. to form and develop (a project, idea, or plan) in the mind: »

His mind was then gestating a work of the most original character (Thomas Frost).

–v.i.
to be in gestation: »

Figurative. [Shirley] Jackson's stories gestated for some time in her mind and subconscious before she put them down. (New York Times).

[< Latin gestāre (with English -ate1) carry (young in the womb) (frequentative) < gerere bear]

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