Impregnating

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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. 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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