impregnate

Verb
Synonyms: infuseinstilltincturesaturateknock upbang upprang up

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. fill, as with a certain quality“The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide”Synonyms: infuseinstilltincture
  2. infuse or fill completely“Impregnate the cloth with alcohol”Synonyms: saturate
  3. fertilize and cause to grow“the egg was impregnated”
  4. make pregnant“He impregnated his wife again”Synonyms: knock upbang upprang up
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. To become pregnant. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
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]

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