4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: impregnated \impregnated\ adj. 1. same as {fertilized}, 1. fertile (vs. infertile) Syn: fertilized, inseminated. [WordNet 1.5] 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. [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: impregnated \impregnated\ adj. [p. p. from {impregnate}.] same as {fertilized}, 1. Syn: fertilized, inseminated. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: impregnated adj : made pregnant [syn: {fertilized}, {fertilised}, {inseminated}]
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