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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. fill, as with a certain quality;
- Example: "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
[syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture]

2. infuse or fill completely;
- Example: "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
[syn: impregnate, saturate]

3. fertilize and cause to grow;
- Example: "the egg was impregnated"

4. make pregnant;
- Example: "He impregnated his wife again"
[syn: impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate. [1913 Webster] 3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. To become pregnant. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.] Impregnated; made prolific. [1913 Webster] The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impregnate v 1: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture] 2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" [syn: impregnate, saturate] 3: fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated" 4: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" [syn: impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up]