gravidated

English

Etymology

From Latin gravidatus, past participle of gravidare (“to load, impregnate”). See gravid.

Adjective

gravidated (not comparable)

(obsolete) Made pregnant; impregnated
- a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Incarnation of our Lord”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
  whence her womb is said to bear him (Blessed is the womb that bare thee), to have been gravidated

References

“gravidated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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