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(preg′nənt)

adjective

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

Origin: 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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pregnantly adverb

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adjective

Carrying developing offspring within the body.
a. Weighty or significant; full of meaning: a conversation occasionally punctuated by pregnant pauses.
b. Of great or potentially great import, implication, or moment: “It was a politically pregnant time in Poland” (New York).
Filled or fraught; replete: “This was, from the Party's point of view, both deplorable in itself and pregnant with danger for the future” (Robert Conquest).
Having a profusion of ideas; creative or inventive.
Producing results; fruitful: a pregnant decision.