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  1. 1. n. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the conception and development of an idea or plan Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.] 2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. 3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison. Source: webster
  8. 8. n:100 n. the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) n. the conception and development of an idea or plan Source: ecdict

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