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preg•nant
Pronunciation: (preg'nunt), [key] — adj.
- having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.
- fraught, filled, or abounding (usually fol. by with): a silence pregnant with suspense.
- teeming or fertile; rich (often fol. by in): a mind pregnant in ideas.
- full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance.
- of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant moment in the history of the world.
preg•nant
Pronunciation: (preg'nunt), [key] — adj. Archaic.
- convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.
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