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unborn(dictionary)

extender (iou) and unborn (iou)


extender (iou)



extender noun. ME.
[formed as EXTENDED + -ER1.]
gen. A person who or thing which extends something. Formerly, spec. in Law, a surveyor or valuer of property, esp. under a writ of extent. ME.
= EXTENSOR. E17-L18.
A substance added to a product to dilute the colour, increase the bulk, or vary some Other property. E20.

unborn (iou)



unborn adjective & noun. OE.
[from UN-1 + BORN ppl adjective.]
A. adjective.
Not yet born; spec. (of a child) still in the womb; fig. not yet begun or in existence. OE.
I. Watts Nations unborn, and ages unbegun. New Internationalist Genetic testing had revealed her unborn child had cystic fibrosis.
Not having been born; never to be brought into existence. Chiefly pred. ME.
b. absol. as noun. Those who or that which is unborn. E19.
Here's Health Deaths..occurring mainly in the elderly..and the unborn.