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pregnant definition

preg·nant (preg′nənt)

adjective

  1. having (an) offspring developing in the uterus; that has conceived; with young or with child
  2. mentally fertile; prolific of ideas; inventive
  3. productive of results; fruitful a pregnant cause
  4. full of meaning, significance, etc. a pregnant silence
  5. filled (with); abounding

Etymology: ME preignant < L pregnans (gen. pregnantis), heavy with young < prae-, before (see pre-) + base of OL gnasci, to be born (see genus)

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