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[Lat. gravid at us, pa. par. of gravido. The act of making pregnant; the state of becoming or being pregnant; pregnancy. *gra-vid-i-ty, s. [Lat. gravid us = loaded, pregnant.) The state of being pregnant; pregnancy. "The signs of gravidity and obstructions are hard to be distinguished in the beginning."- Arbuthnot : On Diet. gra-vif-ic, a. [Latin gravis heavy, and facio = to make.] Making heavy; adding or giving weight to. grăv-i-grā-da, s . pl . [Lat. gravis =heavy, and gradus a step; gradior take steps, to walk.] eduta mammals, how extinct. The name mod. Paleont Ground-sloths, a tribe or family of edentate mammads, sometimes used for the Brady podidæ, or ordinary sloths, to which the Grav i grad a were akin. Besides other differences, they were much larger. The tribe or family comprised the huge Megatherium, the Mylodon, the Megalonyx, . (q. v.). All are American, and of Post-pliocene age.