Impregnate

5 definitions found

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

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

  Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p.
     p.]
     Impregnated; made prolific.
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           The scorching ray
           Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. --Byron.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impregnate
       v 1: fill, 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: fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
       4: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" [syn: {knock
          up}, {bang up}, {prang up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "impregnate":
     bathe, beat into, besprinkle, brainwash, breathe, brew, catechize,
     charge, color, condition, cross-fertilize, cross-pollen,
     cross-pollinate, cross-pollinize, decoct, douche, dredge, drench,
     dress, drouk, dye, enrich, entincture, fatten, fecundate,
     fecundify, fertilize, fill, flavor, flush, fructify,
     get with child, get with young, imbrue, imbue, implant, impress,
     inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infix, infuse, inject,
     inoculate, inseminate, instill, interpenetrate, lave, leach,
     leaven, lixiviate, macerate, manure, penetrate, percolate,
     permeate, pervade, pollen, pollinate, pollinize, program,
     prolificate, rinse, saturate, season, seethe, soak, sodden, sop,
     souse, spermatize, steep, suffuse, temper, tincture, tinge,
     transfuse, wash, waterlog