gestĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [gesto],
to carry often or much , to be wont to carry or bear (ante- and post-class.): mea haec (crepundia) herilis gestitavit filia, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 83 sq.: istum anulum (pater), id. Curc. 5, 2, 4: machaeram feriatam, id. Mil. 1, 1, 7; id. Poen. 1, 2, 186: qui pectus purum et firmum gestitat, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17, 10 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.): poma, Sol. 45.