About The Word Pregnant
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Pregnant
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What's The Definition Of Pregnant?
[adj] carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
[adj] filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" [adj] rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"; "pregnant with meaning" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pregnant: big(p) | enceinte | expectant | fraught(p) | full | gravid | great(p) | heavy(p) | in trouble(a) | large(p) | meaning(a) | meaningful | significant | with child(p) Related Terms | Find terms related to Pregnant: See Also | Pregnant In Webster's Dictionary \Preg"nant\, a. [L. praegnans, -antis; prae before +
genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. pr['e]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. `` A pregnant argument.'' --Prynne. `` A pregnant
brevity.''
\Preg"nant\, n. A pregnant woman. [R.] --Dunglison. \Preg"nant\, a. [F. prenant taking. Cf. {Pregnable}.] Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. [Obs.] `` Pregnant to good pity.'' --Shak. |
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