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ovulate
/ˈɒvjʊleɪt//ˈɒvjʊlət/
verb
What it means
- intransitiveTo produce eggs or ova.
Other studies have shown that women living near the equator have a marked tendency to ovulate during the full moon.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96
In a sentence
Other studies have shown that women living near the equator have a marked tendency to ovulate during the full moon.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96
Where it comes from
From ovul(e) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French ovuler.
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