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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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