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enceinte a. 怀孕的 怀孕的 enceinte adj 1: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; " was big with child"; " was great with child" [ synonym: { big( p)}, { enceinte}, { expectant}, { gravid}, { great( p)}, { large( p)}, { heavy( p)}, { with child( p)}] Enceinte \ En` ceinte"\, a. [ F., fr. L. in not cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.] Pregnant; with child. [ 1913 Webster]
Enceinte \ En` ceinte"\, n. [ F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in ( intens). cingere to gird. See { Cincture}.] 1. ( Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also { body of the place}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. [ 1913 Webster] The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. -- S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster] ENCEINTE, med. jur. A French word, which signifies pregnant. 2. When a woman is pregnant, and is convicted of a capital crime, she cannot lawfully be punished till after her delivery. 3. in the English law, where a widow is suspected to feign herself with child, in order to produce a supposititious heir to the estate, the presumptive heir may have a writ de ventre inspiciendo, to examine whether she be with child or not. Cro. Eliz. 566; 4 Bro. C. C. 90. As to the signs of pregnancy, see 1 Beck' s Med. Jur. 157. See, generally, 4 Bl. Com. 894; 2 P. Wms. 591; 1 Cox, C. C. 297 and Pregnancy; Privement enceinte.
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