Impregnate
['ɪmpregneɪt] or [ɪm'prɛɡnet]
Definition
(verb.) make pregnant; 'He impregnated his wife again'.
(verb.) fertilize and cause to grow; 'the egg was impregnated'.
(verb.) infuse or fill completely; 'Impregnate the cloth with alcohol'.
(verb.) fill, as with a certain quality; 'The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide'.
Editor: Rhoda--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.
(v. t.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
(v. t.) To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To become pregnant.
(a.) Impregnated; made prolific.
Typist: Sophie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Fecundate, make pregnant, get with child.[2]. Imbue, infuse, saturate, fill, tincture.[3]. (Bot.) Fertilize, make prolific.
Typed by Doreen
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fill, insert, imbue, mix, combine, saturate, steep, vivify, fecundate, teach
ANT:Remove, evolve, extricate, render_simple, separate, destroy, extinguish,quench, be_studious, learn
Checker: Rupert
Definition
v.t. to make pregnant: to impart the particles or qualities of one thing to another: saturate.—n. Impregnā′tion the act of impregnating: that with which anything is impregnated.
Edited by Carlos
Examples
- In order to employ the compound prepare a solution either in water, alcohol, or other suitable solvent and immerse in or impregnate with such solutions the organic substances to be operated upon. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The latter is not motivated and impregnated with a sense of reality by being intermingled with the realities of everyday life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The rails were insulated from the ties by giving them two coats of japan, baking them in the oven, and then placing them on pads of tar-impregnated muslin laid on the ties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The street was very narrow and muddy, and the air was impregnated with filthy odours. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Suddenly, the atmosphere was impregnated with the odour of the Indian berry, which grew in immense quantities around me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The sultry air impregnated with dust, the heat and smoke of burning palaces, palsied my limbs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The apparatus for the manufacture of soda-water, as it is usually made on a large scale, consists of a strong vessel, furnished with a safety valve, in which the water is impregnated with gas. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The sky was blue above, and the air impregnated with fragrance by the rare flowers that grew among the weeds. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Alison