Gestate

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gestate
       v 1: have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help
            paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
            [syn: {conceive}, {conceptualize}, {conceptualise}]
       2: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are
          expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his


          child" [syn: {have a bun in the oven}, {bear}, {carry}, {expect}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "gestate":
     author, be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, bear,
     beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to effect,
     bring to pass, brood, carry, carry young, cause, conceive, cover,
     create, do, effect, effectuate, engender, establish, father, found,
     generate, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to,
     give rise to, hatch, inaugurate, incubate, institute, make,
     occasion, originate, produce, realize, set, set afloat,
     set on foot, set up, sire, sit, work