transitive verb impregnated -·nat′ed, impregnating -·nat′·ing

1. to fertilize (an ovum)
2. to make pregnant
3. to fertilize (land); make fruitful
4. to fill or saturate; cause to be permeated clothing impregnated with smoke
5. to indoctrinate or imbue (with ideas, feelings, principles, etc.)

Etymology: < LL impraegnatus, pp. of impraegnare, to make pregnant < L in-, in + praegnans, pregnant

adjective