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childing
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- The act of giving birth to a child; childbearing, parturition, delivery.
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Origin
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Middle English. Probably partly from (i) child + -ing
[], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- That bears or is capable of bearing a child or children; pregnant; in labour; recently delivered of a child. Now archaic or in historical contexts.
- Designating plants which produce younger or smaller florets around an older blossom (regarded as the parent); as "childing daisy", "childing pink", etc. Now chiefly historical.
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Origin
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late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. From child + -ing
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