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English Dictionary: pregnant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pregnant adj carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life Antonym(s): nonpregnant rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" Synonym(s): meaning(a), pregnant, significant filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" Synonym(s): fraught(p), pregnant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pregnant \Preg"nant\, a. [L. praegnans, -antis; prae before + genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. pr[82]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. [bd] A pregnant argument.[b8] --Prynne. [bd] A pregnant brevity.[b8]
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.] [bd] Pregnant to good pity.[b8] --Shak.