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IMPREGNATE
impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up
(verb) make pregnant; “He impregnated his wife again”
impregnate
(verb) fertilize and cause to grow; “the egg was impregnated”
impregnate, saturate
(verb) infuse or fill completely; “Impregnate the cloth with alcohol”
impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture
(verb) fill, as with a certain quality; “The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
impregnate (third-person singular simple present impregnates, present participle impregnating, simple past and past participle impregnated)
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
Synonyms: knock up, inseminate, cover (of animals)
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
Anagrams
• permeating, rimegepant
Source: Wiktionary
Im*preg"nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impregnated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impregnating.] Etym: [LL. impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in + praegnans pregnant. See Pregnant.]
1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
3. To infuse an active principle into; to render frutful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
4. To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
Im*preg"nate, v. i.
Definition: To become pregnant. Addison.
Im*preg"nate, a. Etym: [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.]
Definition: Impregnated; made prolific. The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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