Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gestate
Participle: gestated
Gerund: gestating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gestate |
| you | gestate |
| he;she;it | gestates |
| we | gestate |
| you | gestate |
| they | gestate |
Perfect
| I | have gestated |
| you | have gestated |
| he;she;it | has gestated |
| we | have gestated |
| you | have gestated |
| they | have gestated |
Past
| I | gestated |
| you | gestated |
| he;she;it | gestated |
| we | gestated |
| you | gestated |
| they | gestated |
Pluperfect
| I | had gestated |
| you | had gestated |
| he;she;it | had gestated |
| we | had gestated |
| you | had gestated |
| they | had gestated |
Future
| I | will gestate |
| you | will gestate |
| he;she;it | will gestate |
| we | will gestate |
| you | will gestate |
| they | will gestate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gestated |
| you | will have gestated |
| he;she;it | will have gestated |
| we | will have gestated |
| you | will have gestated |
| they | will have gestated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gestate |
| you | gestate |
| he;she;it | gestate |
| we | gestate |
| you | gestate |
| they | gestate |
Perfect
| I | have gestated |
| you | have gestated |
| he;she;it | have gestated |
| we | have gestated |
| you | have gestated |
| they | have gestated |
Imperfect
| I | gestated |
| you | gestated |
| he;she;it | gestated |
| we | gestated |
| you | gestated |
| they | gestated |
Pluperfect
| I | had gestated |
| you | had gestated |
| he;she;it | had gestated |
| we | had gestated |
| you | had gestated |
| they | had gestated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gestate |
| you | would gestate |
| he;she;it | would gestate |
| we | would gestate |
| you | would gestate |
| they | would gestate |
Perfect
| I | would have gestated |
| you | would have gestated |
| he;she;it | would have gestated |
| we | would have gestated |
| you | would have gestated |
| they | would have gestated |
Imperative
| you | gestate |
| we | Let's gestate |
| you | gestate |
Verbs conjugated like 'gestate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gestate'
estate,
restate,
aestuate,
destage,
enstate,
estuate,
gelate,
gemmate,
geste,
gesture,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from gestation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates. [2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press, →ISBN:]
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Philip wondered at that five-year gap. Perhaps it simply proved that a work of genius takes longer to gestate than a work of mere competent brilliance. [1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 112:]
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Barnett is not currently working on a novel. "Something is gestating in my head," he says, "but I am not yet sure if I have one character or two." [1990 December 9, Walta Borawski, quoting Allen Barnett, “'Unfortunately, Life Has Followed Art...'”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 7:]