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impregnate

Pronunciation: /ˈɪmprɛgneɪt/

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Definition of impregnate

verb

[with object]

1soak or saturate (something) with a substance:wood which had been impregnated with preservative
fill with a feeling or quality:an atmosphere impregnated with tension

2make (a woman or female animal) pregnant: he was obliged to marry the woman he’d impregnated
Biology fertilize (an ovum).

Derivatives

impregnation

Origin:

early 17th century (in the sense 'fill'; earlier (Middle English) as impregnation): from late Latin impregnat- 'made pregnant', from the verb impregnare