Meanings
verblie in (third-person singular simple present lies in, present participle lying in, simple past lay in, past participle lain in)
present singular third person lies in · participle present lying in · past lay in · participle past lain in
- archaicTo be brought to bed in childbirth.
he had been driven to it by the distress he mentioned, the greatest indeed imaginable, that of five hungry children, and a wife lying in of the sixth, in the utmost want and misery.
1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 467
Synonyms & antonyms
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