gestant

English

Etymology

Latin gestans, present participle of gestare.

Adjective

gestant (comparative more gestant, superlative most gestant)

  1. Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.
    • Elizabeth Browning
      Clouds gestant with heat.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gestant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

gestant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of gestō
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