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enceinte
1[ en-seynt, ahn-sant; French ahn-sant ]
adjective
- pregnant; with child.
enceinte
2[ en-seynt, ahn-sant; French ahn-sant ]
noun
- a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
- the place enclosed.
enceinte
2/ ɒnˈsænt; ɑ̃sɛ̃t /
noun
- a boundary wall enclosing a defended area
- the area enclosed
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Origin of enceinte1
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Example Sentences
Her face, which was ludicrously plain, matched her figure, which seemed without being so to be perpetually enceinte.
When she first became enceinte, she put her mind on the rack, to think what name she should give to her child.
We pass over the time between the marriage and when the Princess Charlotte was declared enceinte.
Item, upon the wife of Jean Bourgaize, while she was enceinte.
Being enceinte, she was obliged to remain comparatively quiet, which she did very willingly.
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