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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

vb [ˈɪmprɛgˌneɪt] (tr)

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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) to fertilize (an ovum)

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to make (land, soil, etc.) fruitful

adj [ɪmˈprɛgnɪt -ˌneɪt]

pregnant or fertilized

[from Late Latin impraegnāre to make pregnant, from Latin im- in-² + praegnans pregnant]

impregnation  n

impregnator  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) plastic impregnated with a light-absorbing dye

2. inseminate, fertilize, make pregnant, fructify, fecundate, get with child War entailed killing the men and impregnating the women.

Translations

impregnate [ˈɪmpregneɪt] VT (= permeate) → impregnar, empapar (with de) (= fertilise) [+ person, animal, egg] → fecundar
to become impregnated with → impregnarse de

impregnate [ˈɪmprɛgneɪt] vt

(with substance) → imprégner

(= fertilize) [+ female] → imprégner

impregnate

vt

(= saturate) → tränken

(fig) → erfüllen; person → durchdringen, erfüllen

(Biol: = fertilize) → befruchten; humans also → schwängern

impregnate [ˈɪmprɛgˌneɪt] vt (fertilize) → fecondare; (saturate) to impregnate (with) → impregnare (di)

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impregnate [ˈɪmprɛgˌneɪt] vt (fertilize) → fecondare; (saturate) to impregnate (with) → impregnare (di)