gestate

vt. 使怀孕

vi. 孕育，创案

中文词源

gestate 孕育

来自词根ger, gest, 含有，带来，词源同exaggerate, gesture.词义引申为孕育。进一步来自PIE*ag, 做，驱动，词源同act, agent.

gestate (v.): 1847, a back-formation from gestation. Related: Gestated; gestating.

1、gest- "bear, carry" + -ate.

1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.: 教学语用学思想是从古代开始孕育和形成的。