Of or pertaining to gestation. / Of a person or animal: pregnant

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born. / The process of development of a plan or idea.

(intransitive) To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery. / (by extension, intransitive) To develop an idea.

present participle of gestate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gestate

simple past tense and past participle of gestate

plural of gestation

One who gestates.

plural of gestator

(medicine) The intrauterine structure around an embryo in the very early stage of a fetus that can be used to determine if an intrauterine pregnancy exists until the embryo is identified.