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womb (wo̵̅o̅m)
noun
- Obsolete the belly
- uterus (sense )
- any place or part that holds, envelops, generates, etc. the womb of time
Etymology: ME wombe < OE wamb, akin to Ger wamme
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Converse of object
- enter: When you are ready blow out the candle and say: 'And the sun entered the womb of the sky mother and darkness fell.
Adjective modifier
- tilted: Question My wife has recently been told that she has a ' tilted womb ' .
Modifies a noun
- lining: The womb lining is then heated with the laser.
Noun used with modifier
- thy: And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Possessives
- mother: Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born?
Preposition: of
- mother: Did people come into this world through the natural process of birth, through the womb of a mother?
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Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mysterium, Sanguinisque pretiosi, Quem in mundi pretium Fructus ventris generosi Rex effudit gentium. Now, my tongue, the mystery telling Of the glorious Body sing, And the Blood, all price excelling, Which the Gentiles' Lord and King, In aVirgin's womb once dwelling, Shed for this world's ransoming.
Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the L gave, and the L hath taken away; blessed be the name of the L.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
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