Ges*ta"tion (?), n. [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest.]

1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]

2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.

3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison.

• The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).
  
• The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
  
• Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise.