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parturiates

parturiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of parturiate.

Meaning of parturiate

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

Questions about parturiates

What is parturiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Parturiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of parturiate.

Words near parturiates in the dictionary

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

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