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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived" [syn: gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise]
2: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect]

Merriam Webster's

verb (gestated; gestating) Etymology: back-formation from gestation Date: 1858 transitive verb 1. to carry in the uterus during pregnancy 2. to conceive and gradually develop in the mind intransitive verb to be in the process of gestation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 carry (a foetus) in gestation. 2 develop (an idea etc.).

Moby Thesaurus

author, be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to effect, bring to pass, brood, carry, carry young, cause, conceive, cover, create, do, effect, effectuate, engender, establish, father, found, generate, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, hatch, inaugurate, incubate, institute, make, occasion, originate, produce, realize, set, set afloat, set on foot, set up, sire, sit, work