4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impregnate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. i.
To become pregnant. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus p.
p.]
Impregnated; made prolific.
The scorching ray Here pierceth not impregnate with
disease. --Byron.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
impregnate
v 1: infuse, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic
tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: {infuse},
{instill}, {tincture}]
2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with
alcohol" [syn: {saturate}]
3: make pregnant [syn: {knock up}, {bang up}, {prang up}]
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