Gestating

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of gestate form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

anticipating big carrying expecting gravid great

Example

"My dad, who is a virgin, had me in a test tube gestating for 9 months."

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