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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
cincture body of the place 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
enceinte \en`ceinte"\, a. f., fr. l. in not + cinctus, p. p. of
   cingere to gird about.
   pregnant; with child.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
enceinte
     adj : in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
           "was great with child" syn: bigp, expectant, gravid,
            greatp, largep, heavyp, with childp
see also:
bigp expectant gravid greatp largep heavyp 
with childp 
[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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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