Ges-tā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. gestatio, from gestare, to bear, to carry, v. intens. from gerere, gestum, to bear; Fr. gestation, It. gestazione.]

1. The act of wearing, as clothes or ornaments. [Obs.] Browne.
2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise.