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pregnation

noun

Etymology

From Middle English pregnacioun, from Old French pregnacion and Latin praegnātiō.

  1. derived from praegnātiō
  2. derived from pregnacion
  3. inherited from pregnacioun

Definitions

  1. Pregnancy.

    • Pregnation. Being great with childe.[…]a being great with Childe. Pregnation, Grauidation.
    • But purging is more proper if it may bee done without danger, as it may in the fourth, fift and ſixt month of pregnation: for a child in the wombe is compared to an Apple on the tree.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pregnation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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