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

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