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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To conceive after a prior conception.
  2. n. See superfetate, superfetation.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus

Etymologies

  1. Latin superfetare; super above, over + fetare to bring forth. (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin superfētāre, superfētāt- : super-, super- + fētāre, to breed (from fētus, offspring; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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