gestant

Gestant

Ges"tant\, a. [L. gestans, p. pr. of gestare.] Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [R.] "Clouds gestant with heat." --Mrs. Browning.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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