Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PREG'NAN-CY
PREG'NAN-CY, n. [See Pregnant.]
- The state of a female who has conceived, or is with child. – Ray.
- Fertility; fruitfulness; inventive power; as, the pregnancy of wit or invention. – Prior. Pregnance, in a like sense, is not used.
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