PREG'NANT, adjective [Latin proegnans; supposed to be compounded of proe, before, and geno; Gr. to beget.] 1. Being with young, as a female; breeding; teeming. 2. Fruitful; fertile; impregnating; as pregnant streams. 3. Full of consequence; as a pregnant instance of infatuation. An egregious and pregnant instance how far virtue surpasses ingenuity. 4. East to admit or receive. 5. Free; kind; ready; witty; apt. [Not proper.] 6. Plain; clear; evident; full. [Not in use.]
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