Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being carried or worn.
- Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.
- adjective Obs. or R. Capable of being carried or worn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to
gestation orpregnancy . - adjective obsolete Capable of being
carried orworn .
Etymologies
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Latin gestatorius that serves for carrying: compare French gestatoire.
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Examples
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"To your question, I can only answer that there have been some symptoms which look a little gestatory.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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