a. Obs. Also 7 -fœt-. [ad. L. superfētant-, -ans, pr. pple. of superfētāre to SUPERFETE.] Conceiving by superfetation. So Superfetate v., intr. to conceive by superfetation; Superfetate a., over-productive, superabundant.
1610. Healey, St. Aug. Citie of God (1620), 194. Some creatures are superfoetant, that is, breeding vpon breed.
1623. Cockeram, Superfœtate, after the first young to conceiue another.
1681. Grew, Musæum, I. V. i. 91. The Female brings forth … twice in one month, and so is said to Superfœtate.
1845. R. W. Hamilton, Pop. Educ., iii. 55. The refuge for what otherwise would be a superfetate population.
