Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being parturient; parturition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Parturition.
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- noun
parturition
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- noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
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Examples
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Whether any people upon earth shew a more early zeal for the service of their country, greater eagerness to bear a part in the legislature, or a more general parturiency with respect to politics and public counsels?
Querist George Berkeley 1719
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