gestate
/ˈdʒɛsteɪt/
verb
- To carry a developing baby or embryo in the womb; to be pregnant with.
- Mammals are animals that gestate their young inside the body.
- The elephant gestates its calf for nearly two years.
- During the first trimester, the body works hard to gestate the fetus.
- To develop or form an idea, plan, or creative work slowly in the mind.
- The committee gestated the proposal over several months of discussion.
- The author spent years gestating the plot of her novel before writing a single word.
- Great inventions often gestate in the inventor's mind for a long time.
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