Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the state of or formed like an embryo; relating to an embryo; possessing an embryo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
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These were embryonate in the womb of reason, coming to the birth, but needing the "maieutic" or "obstetric" art, that they might be brought forth. [
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