impregnateadj.

/ɪmˈprɛɡnət/

Etymology: < late or medieval Latin impraegnātus, past participle of impraegnāre : see impregn v., of which this was also used as the past participle.

1. = impregnated adj. (as past participle or adj. ).

a. Caused to conceive; pregnant; rendered fruitful or prolific. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > [adjective]

conceivinga1382

impregnate1540

knit1603

impregnated1789

fecundated1796

concipient1812

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective]

greatc1175

with childc1175

with childc1300

baggeda1400

bounda1400

pregnant?a1425

quicka1450

greaterc1480

heavyc1480

teeming1530

great-bellied1533

big1535

boundenc1540

impregnate1540

great-wombeda1550

young with child1566

gravid1598

pregnate1598

pagled1599

enceinte1602

child-great1605

conceived1637

big-bellieda1646

brooding1667

in the (also a) family way1688

in the (also that) way1741

undelivered1799

ensient1818

enwombeda1822

in a delicate condition1827

gestant1851

in pod1890

up the (also a) pole1918

in a particular condition1922

preg?1927

in the spud line1937

up the spout1937

preggy1938

up the stick1941

preggers1942

in pig1945

primigravid1949

preggo1951

in a certain condition1958

gestating1961

up the creek1961

in the (pudding) cluba1966

gravidated-

1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xli^v All suche women whiche be impregnat or conceaued.

1651 E. Sherburne Salmacis 7 The tumid Earth (As if impregnate with a fruitfull Birth) Swels gently up into an easie Hill.

1663 J. Heath Flagellum (ed. 2) 2 Nor were there any presagious dreams or fearful divinations of his Mother when she was impregnate with him.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 4 Being more impregnate with the Sun, Dews and heavenly Influences.

1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 539 The leading impregnate thoughts, the ideas, or laws laid down for a poetical composition.

1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 161 And oft, without embraces any, by the wind Impregnate.

b. Imbued, saturated, filled, permeated with (some active principle). †In quot. 1661, Magnetized: cf. impregnate v. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [adjective] > magnetized

impregnate1646

magnetified1649

animated1654

excited1660

loaded1717

magnetized1784

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > impregnated

impregnate1646

impregned1647

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something > impregnated

impregnated1605

impregnate1646

impregned1647

impregnant1651

infiltrated1868

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 161 If the ambient aire be impregnate with subtile inflamabilities.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxi. 203 Let one move his impregnate needle to any letter in the alphabet, and its affected fellow will precisely respect the same.

1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 144 The Meadow..is impregnate with Salt, Iron, Nitre and Sulphur.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 968 Impregnate with Celestial Dew.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lv. 30 Thy decay Is still impregnate with divinity, Which gilds it with revivifying ray.

1853 J. G. Whittier Chapel of Hermits & Other Poems 10 O, light and air of Palestine, Impregnate with His life divine!

2. Used for impregnable adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective]

stithc1000

strongOE

fastenedOE

warneda1300

strengtheda1382

unpregnable1387

embattledc1400

enbanedc1400

warrayable14..

impregnable1430

inexpugnable1490

strengthy1513

bulwarkeda1533

unexpugnable1533

fortified1538

well-fortified1538

unwinnablec1540

forced1548

forted1566

unbatterable1576

fencible?1579

unforcible1611

impregnate1632

untakable1652

of (good) force1697

casemated1740

well-girt1756

embattled1765

strongish1821

unbreachable1866

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable

impassiblea1492

impatible?1541

proof1583

invulnerable1596

woundless1604

charmeda1616

unvulnerablea1616

inexposable1618

inobnoxious1659

impregnate1721

wreckless1822

uninjurable1846

immune1861

trouble-proof1878

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 506 Impregnate Forts, devalling Floods, and more Earth-gazing heights.

1721 T. D'Urfey Two Queens Brentford ii. i Bring me the Caitiff here before my Face, Tho' made Impregnate, as Achilles was.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

impregnatev.

Brit.

/ˈɪmprɛɡneɪt/,

/ɪmˈprɛɡneɪt/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈprɛɡˌneɪt/

Etymology: < impregnate adj. or its source: see -ate suffix³.

a. transitive. To make (a female) pregnant; to cause to conceive; to get with young; in Biology, also, to fecundate the female reproductive cell or ovum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)]

geta1375

to beget with childa1393

impregn?c1550

season1555

enwomb1590

knock1598

with-child1605

fill1607

fertilitate1638

ingravidate1642

impregnate1646

improlificate1646

prolificate1650

pregnant1660

pregnate1686

fecundate1721

fecundify1736

to knock up1813

to put in the family way1898

inseminate1923

to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936

stork1936

to put in the way1960

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xii. 134 Hermophrodites although they include the parts of both sexes..cannot impregnate themselves.

1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility viii. 352 She was to be impregnated by the overshadowings of the Holy Ghost.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 31 Mr. Adanson has seen vast numbers of sea snails, united together in a chain, impregnating each other.

1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) xv. 385 By these the ova are developed, impregnated, and oviposited, and thus provision is made for..continuing the existence of the species.

b. Botany. Of the pollen or male reproductive cell in plants: To fertilize. †In quot. 1671 at sense 3a, To cause to grow or develop (in the embryo plant).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be or affect a flowering plant [verb (transitive)] > fertilize

set1693

impregnate1769

cross-fertilize1876

self1903

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 32 The Lobes did at first feed and impregnate the Radicle into a perfect Root.

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 28 Their pistils are covered..with farina fæcundans,..which when mature falls into and impregnates the subjacent matrix.

1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 401 Produced by the Pollen of the P. secunda, impregnating the germen of the P. rotundifolia.

c. intransitive for passive. To become pregnant, to conceive. rare.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > conceive [verb (intransitive)]

trima1325

conceivec1375

greatenc1390

to fall with child (also bairn)a1464

impregnate1711

start1846

catch1858

fall1891

click1936

to be caught out1957

to fall for ——1957

big1982

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 127. ¶2 Were they, like Spanish Jennits, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention.

2. figurative (transitive) To render fruitful or productive; to fertilize. (Also absol.)

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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > render productive [verb (transitive)]

fertile1628

fecundatea1631

impregnate1667

increase1697

fecundize1828

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety i. 1 Christianity is..so apt to impregnate the hearts and lives of its proselytes, that it is hard to imagine that any branch should want a due fertility.

1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xviii. 490 He left His Holy Spirit there..to Impregnate the Divine Seed that He had sown.

1860 Symonds in Life (1895) I. 345 Joy impregnates: sorrows bring forth.

a. To fill (a substance or portion of matter) with some active principle, element, or ingredient, diffused through it or mixed intimately with it; to imbue, saturate. In earlier use sometimes simply (with more direct allusion to 1) = to fill. (Most commonly in passive)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > saturate or impregnate > be saturated with something

impregnate1605

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > impregnate

infecta1398

interfuse1593

imbue1594

impregnate1605

imbibe1622

impregn1652

embryonate1666

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. iv. 15 The elements returne to their parents full and impregnated with celestiall forms.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia iv. 74 Sulpher, with which Argent vive is impregnated.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet ii. 299 Water impregnated with some penetrating Salt.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 40 Savoy is impregnated with many minerals.

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 110 I determined to impregnate his system with mercury by external inunction.

1847 A. C. Smeaton Builder's Pocket Man. (new ed.) 62 Attempts..to prevent the destruction of wood, by impregnating it with some substance capable of restraining its ravages.

b. figurative. To imbue or fill with (active thoughts, feelings, principles, influences, moral qualities, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > instil person with ideas

infecta1387

imbue1555

infuse1560

imbrue1565

instil1644

impregnate1652

inoculate1784

indoctrinate1832

brainwash1951

1652 J. Hall tr. Longinus Περι Ὑψους 14 We ought to nurture our souls to greatnesse, and impregnate them..to thoughts high and extraordinary.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 491 Johnson: She has a constant stream of conversation, and it is always impregnated; it has always meaning.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iv. 58 He had sought to impregnate his colleagues with the same loftiness of principle.

1878 H. Irving Stage 24 Producing plays, the whole structure of which is impregnated with moral unhealthiness.

4. Said of the active principle or influence: To be diffused through (something); to permeate, interpenetrate, fill, saturate.

ΘΚΠ

impregnate1664

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 158 The Magnetical Effluviums..proceed ab extrinseco &c. therefore do impregnate the Stone again, upon their re-admission.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §45 Light impregnates air, air impregnates vapour.

1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower-garden 11 in Medit. among Tombs This magnificent Luminary..beautifies and impregnates universal Nature.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 822 He suspended the birds by the feet..for the salts to impregnate the body.

Derivatives

impregnating n. and adj.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective] > making

vegetative?a1450

fertile1597

impregnating1705

fecund1827

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 73 The impregnating warmth of the Sun.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 76 Then insects..become in their journeyings of pleasure from flower to flower, the porters who bear the impregnating principle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	impregnate
释义	impregnateadj. /ɪmˈprɛɡnət/ Etymology: < late or medieval Latin impraegnātus, past participle of impraegnāre : see impregn v., of which this was also used as the past participle. 1. = impregnated adj. (as past participle or adj. ). a. Caused to conceive; pregnant; rendered fruitful or prolific. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > [adjective] conceivinga1382 impregnate1540 knit1603 impregnated1789 fecundated1796 concipient1812 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective] greatc1175 with childc1175 with childc1300 baggeda1400 bounda1400 pregnant?a1425 quicka1450 greaterc1480 heavyc1480 teeming1530 great-bellied1533 big1535 boundenc1540 impregnate1540 great-wombeda1550 young with child1566 gravid1598 pregnate1598 pagled1599 enceinte1602 child-great1605 conceived1637 big-bellieda1646 brooding1667 in the (also a) family way1688 in the (also that) way1741 undelivered1799 ensient1818 enwombeda1822 in a delicate condition1827 gestant1851 in pod1890 up the (also a) pole1918 in a particular condition1922 preg?1927 in the spud line1937 up the spout1937 preggy1938 up the stick1941 preggers1942 in pig1945 primigravid1949 preggo1951 in a certain condition1958 gestating1961 up the creek1961 in the (pudding) cluba1966 gravidated- 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xli^v All suche women whiche be impregnat or conceaued. 1651 E. Sherburne Salmacis 7 The tumid Earth (As if impregnate with a fruitfull Birth) Swels gently up into an easie Hill. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (ed. 2) 2 Nor were there any presagious dreams or fearful divinations of his Mother when she was impregnate with him. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 4 Being more impregnate with the Sun, Dews and heavenly Influences. 1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 539 The leading impregnate thoughts, the ideas, or laws laid down for a poetical composition. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 161 And oft, without embraces any, by the wind Impregnate. b. Imbued, saturated, filled, permeated with (some active principle). †In quot. 1661, Magnetized: cf. impregnate v. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [adjective] > magnetized impregnate1646 magnetified1649 animated1654 excited1660 loaded1717 magnetized1784 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > impregnated impregnate1646 impregned1647 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something > impregnated impregnated1605 impregnate1646 impregned1647 impregnant1651 infiltrated1868 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 161 If the ambient aire be impregnate with subtile inflamabilities. View more context for this quotation 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxi. 203 Let one move his impregnate needle to any letter in the alphabet, and its affected fellow will precisely respect the same. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 144 The Meadow..is impregnate with Salt, Iron, Nitre and Sulphur. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 968 Impregnate with Celestial Dew. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lv. 30 Thy decay Is still impregnate with divinity, Which gilds it with revivifying ray. 1853 J. G. Whittier Chapel of Hermits & Other Poems 10 O, light and air of Palestine, Impregnate with His life divine! 2. Used for impregnable adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective] stithc1000 strongOE fastenedOE warneda1300 strengtheda1382 unpregnable1387 embattledc1400 enbanedc1400 warrayable14.. impregnable1430 inexpugnable1490 strengthy1513 bulwarkeda1533 unexpugnable1533 fortified1538 well-fortified1538 unwinnablec1540 forced1548 forted1566 unbatterable1576 fencible?1579 unforcible1611 impregnate1632 untakable1652 of (good) force1697 casemated1740 well-girt1756 embattled1765 strongish1821 unbreachable1866 the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable impassiblea1492 impatible?1541 proof1583 invulnerable1596 woundless1604 charmeda1616 unvulnerablea1616 inexposable1618 inobnoxious1659 impregnate1721 wreckless1822 uninjurable1846 immune1861 trouble-proof1878 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 506 Impregnate Forts, devalling Floods, and more Earth-gazing heights. 1721 T. D'Urfey Two Queens Brentford ii. i Bring me the Caitiff here before my Face, Tho' made Impregnate, as Achilles was. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). impregnatev. Brit. /ˈɪmprɛɡneɪt/, /ɪmˈprɛɡneɪt/, U.S. /ᵻmˈprɛɡˌneɪt/ Etymology: < impregnate adj. or its source: see -ate suffix³. 1. a. transitive. To make (a female) pregnant; to cause to conceive; to get with young; in Biology, also, to fecundate the female reproductive cell or ovum. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)] geta1375 to beget with childa1393 impregn?c1550 season1555 enwomb1590 knock1598 with-child1605 fill1607 fertilitate1638 ingravidate1642 impregnate1646 improlificate1646 prolificate1650 pregnant1660 pregnate1686 fecundate1721 fecundify1736 to knock up1813 to put in the family way1898 inseminate1923 to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936 stork1936 to put in the way1960 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xii. 134 Hermophrodites although they include the parts of both sexes..cannot impregnate themselves. View more context for this quotation 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility viii. 352 She was to be impregnated by the overshadowings of the Holy Ghost. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 31 Mr. Adanson has seen vast numbers of sea snails, united together in a chain, impregnating each other. 1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) xv. 385 By these the ova are developed, impregnated, and oviposited, and thus provision is made for..continuing the existence of the species. b. Botany. Of the pollen or male reproductive cell in plants: To fertilize. †In quot. 1671 at sense 3a, To cause to grow or develop (in the embryo plant). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be or affect a flowering plant [verb (transitive)] > fertilize set1693 impregnate1769 cross-fertilize1876 self1903 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 32 The Lobes did at first feed and impregnate the Radicle into a perfect Root. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 28 Their pistils are covered..with farina fæcundans,..which when mature falls into and impregnates the subjacent matrix. 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 401 Produced by the Pollen of the P. secunda, impregnating the germen of the P. rotundifolia. c. intransitive for passive. To become pregnant, to conceive. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > conceive [verb (intransitive)] trima1325 conceivec1375 greatenc1390 to fall with child (also bairn)a1464 impregnate1711 start1846 catch1858 fall1891 click1936 to be caught out1957 to fall for ——1957 big1982 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 127. ¶2 Were they, like Spanish Jennits, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention. 2. figurative (transitive) To render fruitful or productive; to fertilize. (Also absol.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > render productive [verb (transitive)] fertile1628 fecundatea1631 impregnate1667 increase1697 fecundize1828 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety i. 1 Christianity is..so apt to impregnate the hearts and lives of its proselytes, that it is hard to imagine that any branch should want a due fertility. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xviii. 490 He left His Holy Spirit there..to Impregnate the Divine Seed that He had sown. 1860 Symonds in Life (1895) I. 345 Joy impregnates: sorrows bring forth. 3. a. To fill (a substance or portion of matter) with some active principle, element, or ingredient, diffused through it or mixed intimately with it; to imbue, saturate. In earlier use sometimes simply (with more direct allusion to 1) = to fill. (Most commonly in passive) ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > saturate or impregnate > be saturated with something impregnate1605 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > impregnate infecta1398 interfuse1593 imbue1594 impregnate1605 imbibe1622 impregn1652 embryonate1666 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. iv. 15 The elements returne to their parents full and impregnated with celestiall forms. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia iv. 74 Sulpher, with which Argent vive is impregnated. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet ii. 299 Water impregnated with some penetrating Salt. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 40 Savoy is impregnated with many minerals. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 110 I determined to impregnate his system with mercury by external inunction. 1847 A. C. Smeaton Builder's Pocket Man. (new ed.) 62 Attempts..to prevent the destruction of wood, by impregnating it with some substance capable of restraining its ravages. b. figurative. To imbue or fill with (active thoughts, feelings, principles, influences, moral qualities, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > instil person with ideas infecta1387 imbue1555 infuse1560 imbrue1565 instil1644 impregnate1652 inoculate1784 indoctrinate1832 brainwash1951 1652 J. Hall tr. Longinus Περι Ὑψους 14 We ought to nurture our souls to greatnesse, and impregnate them..to thoughts high and extraordinary. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 491 Johnson: She has a constant stream of conversation, and it is always impregnated; it has always meaning. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iv. 58 He had sought to impregnate his colleagues with the same loftiness of principle. 1878 H. Irving Stage 24 Producing plays, the whole structure of which is impregnated with moral unhealthiness. 4. Said of the active principle or influence: To be diffused through (something); to permeate, interpenetrate, fill, saturate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > impregnate > said of the active principle impregnate1664 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 158 The Magnetical Effluviums..proceed ab extrinseco &c. therefore do impregnate the Stone again, upon their re-admission. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §45 Light impregnates air, air impregnates vapour. 1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower-garden 11 in Medit. among Tombs This magnificent Luminary..beautifies and impregnates universal Nature. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 822 He suspended the birds by the feet..for the salts to impregnate the body. Derivatives impregnating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective] > making vegetative?a1450 fertile1597 impregnating1705 fecund1827 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 73 The impregnating warmth of the Sun. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 76 Then insects..become in their journeyings of pleasure from flower to flower, the porters who bear the impregnating principle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1540v.1605
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