gestated

Verb

gestate (third-person singular simple present gestates, present participle gestating, simple past and past participle gestated)

1. (intransitive) To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
   • In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates.2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press, →ISBN
2. (broadly, intransitive) To develop an idea.
   • Philip wondered at that five-year gap. Perhaps it simply proved that a work of genius takes longer to gestate than a work of mere competent brilliance.1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 112