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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being parturient; parturition.

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  • 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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  • 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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