impregnate

Definition of Impregnate in English :

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Verb

1. impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture

fill, as with a certain quality

Example Sentences:
'The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide'

2. impregnate, saturate

infuse or fill completely

Example Sentences:
'Impregnate the cloth with alcohol'

saturate

3. impregnate

fertilize and cause to grow

Example Sentences:
'the egg was impregnated'

4. bang up, impregnate, knock up, prang up

make pregnant

Example Sentences:
'He impregnated his wife again'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Impregnate

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verb (ˈɪmprɛɡˌneɪt ) (transitive)

1.

to saturate, soak, or infuse

to impregnate a cloth with detergent

2.

to imbue or permeate; pervade

3.

to cause to conceive; make pregnant

4.

to fertilize (an ovum)

5.

to make (land, soil, etc) fruitful

adjective (ɪmˈprɛɡnɪt , -ˌneɪt)

6.

pregnant or fertilized

Impregnate

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verb transitiveWord forms: imˈpregˌnated or imˈpregˌnating

1.

to fertilize (an ovum)

2.

to make pregnant

3.

to fertilize (land); make fruitful

4.

to fill or saturate; cause to be permeated

clothing impregnated with smoke

5.

to indoctrinate or imbue (with ideas, feelings, principles, etc.)

adjective

6.

impregnated

Impregnate

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tr.v. im·preg·nat·ed, im·preg·nat·ing, im·preg·nates

1. To make pregnant; inseminate.

2. To fertilize (an ovum, for example).

3. To fill throughout; saturate: a cotton wad that was impregnated with ether.

4. To permeate or imbue: impregnate a speech with optimism.

adj. (also -nĭt)

Saturated or filled.

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