parturiate

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English

Etymology

See parturient.

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.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, , →OCLC:
      —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!

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