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parturient


adjective

  1. bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
  2. pertaining to parturition.
  3. bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.

adjective

  1. of or relating to childbirth
  2. giving birth
  3. producing or about to produce a new idea, etc

adj.“about to give birth,” 1590s, from Latin parturientem (nominative parturiens), present participle of parturire “be in labor,” literally “desire to bring forth,” desiderative of parere “to bear” (see pare). Related: Parturiency. adj.

  1. Of or relating to giving birth.
  2. About to bring forth young; being in labor.
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