Impregnate meaning

ĭm-prĕg'nāt
To make pregnant; inseminate.
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To fertilize (an ovum, for example).
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To fill throughout; saturate.

A cotton wad that was impregnated with ether.

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To permeate or imbue.

Impregnate a speech with optimism.

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Saturated or filled.
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To fertilize (an ovum)
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To make pregnant.
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To fertilize (land); make fruitful.
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To fill or saturate; cause to be permeated.

Clothing impregnated with smoke.

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To indoctrinate or imbue (with ideas, feelings, principles, etc.)
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Impregnated.
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To make pregnant; inseminate.
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To fertilize.

Impreganted the ovum.

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To cause to become pregnant.

I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.

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To fill pores or spaces with a substance.

It is recommended to impregnate new shoes before wearing them.

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(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.

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Origin of impregnate

Probably from Late Latin impraegnātus pregnant Latin in- in in–2 Latin praegnātus variant of praegnās pregnant pregnant1

Sentence Examples

  • To impregnate (the air, or something to be eaten, etc.) with poison; to render poisonous.

  • In medicine boracic acid is used in solution to relieve itching, but its chief use is as a mild antiseptic to impregnate lint or cotton-wool.

  • If so, can the sperm live long enough to impregnate the bitch?

  • In the Roman order of baptism the priest prays that "the font may receive the grace of the only begotten Son from the holy Spirit, and that the latter may impregnate with hidden admixture of His light this water prepared for the regeneration of mankind, to the end that man through a sanctification conceived from the immaculate womb of the divine font, may emerge a heavenly offspring reborn as a new creature."

  • Wood, of course, is not as durable as titanium, so we stabilize our woods under extreme pressure and then impregnate them with acrylics for impermeability.

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