Pregnant
Pregnant , adjective
[Latin praegnans, -antis; prae before + genere, gignere, to beget: compare French prégnant. See Gender, 2d Kin.]
1.
Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.
2.
Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
A pregnant argument.
A pregnant brevity.
3.
Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth. [Obsolete] — Evelyn
Wherein the pregnant enemy does much.
Collocations (1)
Pregnant construction (Rhetoric) , one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright.
Pregnant , noun
A pregnant woman. [Rare] — Dunglison
Pregnant , adjective
[French prenant taking. Compare Pregnable.]
Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. [Obsolete]
Pregnant to good pity.