Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER-FE'TATE
SU-PER-FE-CUND'I-TYSU-PER-FE-TA'TION
SU-PER-FE'TATE, v.i. [L. super and fœtus.]
To conceive after a prior conception. The female is said to superfetate. – Grew.
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