Gestate

gestate







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–verb (used with object) 

1. to carry in the womb during the period 

from 

conception 

to 

delivery. cf. uterus 

2. to think of and 

develop (an idea, opinion, plan, etc.) slowly in the mind.  



–verb (used without object) 

3. to experience the process of gestating offspring. 

4. to develop slowly.  





　

After Ruffalo appeared as Gwyneth Paltrow's boyfriend in the woeful flop View From the Top (2003), his lead performance as the male axis of a complicated love triangle in the indie film XX/XY (2003) 



[garnered] far more enthusiastic critical kudos 



than the movie itself. Ruffalo also stayed firmly within the independent cinema realm, co-starring as terminally ill Sarah Polley's lover in the drama My Life Without Me (2003). Ruffalo subsequently scored roles in two higher-profile, if still offbeat, Hollywood projects. 



In Jane Campion's [long]-gestating adaptation 



of erotic thriller In the Cut (2003), Ruffalo co-starred as a homicide detective who becomes involved with Meg Ryan's lonely New York professor.





conceit

incubation 

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