Definition of "gestated" [gestated]

• Simple past tense and past participle of gestate. (verb)

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• "And it was a forum. [laughter] A lot of people of my generation of comics creators, writers and artists both, kind of gestated there."
• "We were supposed to be all wrapped up in Kyle's otherworldly origins -- turned out his lack of bellybutton, his overdeveloped brain, his lack of social smarts, and his fledgling powers of flight / levitation / etc. all resulted from being "gestated" in a pod for 17 years."
• "We became great friends, and Val and I began to see the incredibly warm and caring side that she exhibited to people she had not gestated."