Preg"nant (?), a. [L. praegnans, -antis; prae before + genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. pr'egnant. 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."
Prynne. " A
pregnant brevity."<-- pregnant silence -->
E. Everett.
3.
Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.
Wherein the pregnant enemy does much.
Shak.
Pregnant construction Rhet., one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright.
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Preg"nant, n.
A pregnant woman.
[R.]
Dunglison.
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Preg"nant, a. [F. prenant taking. Cf. Pregnable.]
Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
[Obs.] "
Pregnant to good pity."
Shak.
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