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parturiate

parturiate verb: to bring forth young; to give birth.

Verb

parturiate (third-person singular simple present parturiates, present participle parturiating, simple past and past participle parturiated)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To bring forth young; to give birth.
    • —Himself his own father, Sonmulligan told himself. Wait. I am big with child. I have an unborn child in my brain. Pallas Athena! A play! The play’s the thing! Let me parturiate!1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[9]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Forms of parturiate

third-person singular presentparturiates
present participleparturiating
past participleparturiated
pastparturiated

Origin of parturiate

See parturient.

Questions about parturiate

What does parturiate mean?
Parturiate means to bring forth young; to give birth.
What part of speech is parturiate?
Parturiate is a verb.
What is the past tense of parturiate?
The past tense of parturiate is parturiated.

Words near parturiate in the dictionary

  1. partulid
  2. partulids
  3. parture
  4. partures
  5. parturial
  6. parturiate
  7. parturiated
  8. parturiates
  9. parturiating
  10. parturience
  11. parturiency

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