impregnate (redirected from impregnates)

im·preg·nate  (m-prgnt)

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. See Synonyms at charge.

adj. also (-nt)

Saturated or filled.

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[Probably from Late Latin impraegntus, pregnant : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin praegntus, variant of praegns, pregnant; see pregnant¹.]

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impreg·nation n.

im·pregnator n.

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impregnate

Verb

[-nating, -nated]

1. to saturate, soak, or fill throughout

2. to make pregnant

3. to imbue or permeate: the party has been impregnated with an enthusiasm for reform [Latin in- in + praegnans pregnant]

impregnation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	impregnate - fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" tincture, infuse, instill fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
	2.	impregnate - infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" saturate medicate - impregnate with a medicinal substance alcoholise, alcoholize - treat or infuse with alcohol; "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator" fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" imbue, soak - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" ammonify - treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification thoriate - impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission stuff - treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin" charge - saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" imbrue, drench - permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood"
	3.	impregnate - fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated" fecundate, inseminate, fertilise, fertilize - introduce semen into (a female) knock up, prang up, bang up, impregnate - make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" inoculate - impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
	4.	impregnate - make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" knock up, prang up, bang up fecundate, inseminate, fertilise, fertilize - introduce semen into (a female) impregnate - fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"

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impregnate

verb 1. saturate, soak, steep, fill, seep, pervade, infuse, permeate, imbue, suffuse, percolate, imbrue (rare)

verb 2. inseminate, fertilize, make pregnant, fructify, fecundate, get with child

Translations

impregnate [ˈɪmprɛgneɪt] vt (gen) → impregnar (= soak); empapar (= fertilize); fecundar

impregnate [ˈɪmprɛgneɪt] vt → imprégner (= fertilize); féconder

impregnate [ˈɪmprɛgneɪt] vt → tränken

impregnate [ˈɪmprɛgneɪt] vt → impregnare (= fertilize); fecondare