parturiate

English

Etymology

See parturient.

Verb

parturiate (third-person singular simple present parturiates, present participle parturiating, simple past and past participle parturiated)

1. (dated, intransitive) To bring forth young; to give birth.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[9]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     —Himself his own father, Sonmulligan told himself. Wait. I am big with child. I have an unborn child in my brain. Pallas Athena! A play! The play’s the thing! Let me parturiate!

References

• “parturiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.