Gestation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gestation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gestation n the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) Synonym(s): gestation, gestation period the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus Synonym(s): pregnancy, gestation, maternity the conception and development of an idea or plan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gestation \Ges*ta"tion\, n. [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to bear: cf. F. gestation. See {Gest} deed, {Jest}.] 1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.] 2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. 3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. --Dunglison.