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impregnate

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Etymology

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Earlierimpregn, fromMedieval Latinimpraegnātus, past participle ofLatinimpraegnō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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impregnate (third-person singular simple presentimpregnates,present participleimpregnating,simple past and past participleimpregnated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to becomepregnant.
    Synonyms:knock up,inseminate,(of animals)cover
    I wasimpregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
    • 1903 [1901],Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alfred Sutro,The Life of the Bee, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company,page264:
      The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet beenimpregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight.
  2. (transitive) Tofertilize.
  3. (transitive) Tosaturate, orinfuse.
    • 1791,John Walker,A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎[1], London: Sold by G. G. J. andJ. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T.Cadell, in the Strand,→OCLC, page498:
      To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a.
      Toimpregnate with tartar.
    • 1835,Charles Lyell,Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book IV,page322:
      We find those charæ which secrete the largest quantity of calcareous matter in their stems to abound near springsimpregnated with carbonate of lime.
  4. (transitive) To fillpores or spaces with a substance.
    • 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard,The mystery of scent, page121:
      It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids toimpregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left.
  5. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
    • 2025 April 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “SUNDAY, March 26, 2025”, inThe Spectator, number(please specify the issue number); republished inAlexander Chalmers, editor,The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume(please either specify the issue number or |volume=I to VI), New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company,1853,→OCLC:
      Were they, like Spanish Jennets, toimpregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention.
      The spelling has been modernized.

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Translations

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to cause to become pregnant
to cause to become pregnant in case of animals
to add nutrients—seefertilize
to saturate, to infuse
to fill pores or spaces with a substance
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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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impregnate

  1. inflection ofimpregnare:
    1. second-personpluralpresentindicative
    2. second-personpluralimperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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impregnate f pl

  1. feminineplural ofimpregnato

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Verb

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impregnate

  1. second-personsingular voseoimperative ofimpregnar combined withte
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