What does "gestate" mean?

Answer by  carol (1241)

To gestate is to conceive and then carry a child in your womb until gestation, or the time of birth. In other words to carry a fetus in your womb until it is fully developed at the end of 40 weeks and can be delivered as a live infant baby.

Answer by  Kbear (12)

To develop, usually in the sense of pregnancy. A foetus will gestate in the womb from conception until birth. 'Gestation' is the time that the foetus spent in the womb.