About The Word Impregnate
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Impregnate
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What's The Definition Of Impregnate?
[v] make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
[v] fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated" [v] infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" [v] fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" Synonyms | Synonyms for Impregnate: bang up | infuse | instill | knock up | prang up | saturate | tincture Related Terms | Find terms related to Impregnate: bathe | beat into | besprinkle | brainwash | breathe | brew | catechize | charge | color | condition | cross-fertilize | cross-pollen | cross-pollinate | cross-pollinize | decoct | douche | dredge | drench | dress | drouk | dye | enrich | entincture | fatten | fecundate | fecundify | fertilize | fill | flavor | flush | fructify | get with child | get with young | imbrue | imbue | implant | impress | inculcate | indoctrinate | infiltrate | infix | infuse | inject | inoculate | inseminate | instill | interpenetrate | lave | leach | leaven | lixiviate | macerate | manure | penetrate | percolate | permeate | pervade | pollen | pollinate | pollinize | program | prolificate | rinse | saturate | season | seethe | soak | sodden | sop | souse | spermatize | steep | suffuse | temper | tincture | tinge | transfuse | wash | waterlog See Also | alcoholise | alcoholize | ammonify | charge | drench | fecundate | fertilise | fertilize | fill | fill up | imbrue | imbue | inoculate | inseminate | make full | medicate | soak | stuff | thoriate Impregnate In Webster's Dictionary \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Impregnated} (-n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Impregnating} (-n[asl]*t[i^]ng).] [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.) 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 fruitful 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\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. To become pregnant. --Addison. \Im*preg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.] Impregnated; made prolific. The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. --Byron. |
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