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unimˈpregnated, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not rendered pregnant.
1744Phil. Trans. XLIII. 83 Nor can we conceive any Use of them while the Uterus is unimpregnated at any time. 1793M. Baillie Morb. Anat. 269 The uterus in such cases is considerably larger than the unimpregnated size. 1862A. Meadows Man. Midwifery 52 The nerve-tubules in the unimpregnated state. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 446 The unimpregnated, apterous, caterpillar-like females of the Lepidopterous genera Psyche and Solenobia.
b. Not fructified or made prolific.
1800Med. Jrnl. III. 160 The remark, that a similar liquor had been found in unimpregnated eggs. 1842J. Burnet Reynold's Disc. 33 Many young men of genius have disappeared like unimpregnated blossoms, flowery but fruitless.
2. Not impregnated (with some matter).
1772–3T. Percival Ess. (1777) I. 59 An ounce and a half of Jamaica Rum, which was..unimpregnated with any astringent matter from the cask. 1790Phil. Trans. LXXX. 372 A thick white turbid liquor, which was rendered clear by addition of unimpregnated oil of vitriol. |