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The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule. Coleridge.

The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young.

Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.

Outside of the uterus, or womb. Extra-uterine pregnancy (Med.), a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, but in the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity.

The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.

The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.

Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.

Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. Crew.

The state of being gravidated; pregnancy. [R.]

Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy.

The return of an enlarged part or organ to its normal size, as of the uterus after pregnancy.

. Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.

kness (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy. -- Morning star. (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf. Evening star, Evening. (b) Satan. See Lucifer. Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor m…

Pregnancy. [Obs.] Milton.

fetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.

ining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.

Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy. Pritchard.