The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
IMPREGNATED
Verb
impregnated
past participle of impregnate
Source: Wiktionary
IMPREGNATE
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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