Usually means: Conceive again during existing pregnancy.
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  1. superfetate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. superfetate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. superfetate: Vocabulary.com
  4. superfetate: Wordnik
  5. superfetate: Wiktionary
  6. superfetate: Dictionary.com
  7. Superfetate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. superfetate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. superfetate: Rhymezone
  10. Superfetate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. superfetate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. superfetate: FreeDictionary.org
  13. superfetate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. superfetate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. superfetate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (superfetate)

▸ verb:  To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.

Similar:
superfoetate, foreconceive, preinfest, premate, postexist, postdate, preconceive, postcede, post-date, foresentence, more...

Opposite:
subsequent

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Similar:
superfoetate, foreconceive, preinfest, premate, postexist, postdate, preconceive, postcede, post-date, foresentence, more...

Opposite:
subsequent



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