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Definitions for: Impregnate
[v] make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
[v] fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
[v] infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
[v] fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as
to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or
fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
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.
Im*preg"nate ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. i.
To become pregnant. --Addison.
Im*preg"nate (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p.
p.]
Impregnated; made prolific.
The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with
disease. --Byron.
Synonyms: bang up, infuse, instill, knock up, prang up, saturate, tincture
See Also: alcoholise, alcoholize, ammonify, charge, drench, fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, fill, fill up, imbrue, imbue, inoculate, inseminate, make full, medicate, soak, stuff, thoriate
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