impregnate

im·preg·nate

I0065100 (ĭm-prĕg′nāt)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.adj. (also -nĭt) Saturated or filled.

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[Probably from Late Latin impraegnātus, pregnant : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin praegnātus, variant of praegnās, pregnant; see pregnant¹.]

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im′preg·na′tion n.im·preg′na′tor n.

impregnate

vb (tr) 1. to saturate, soak, or infuse: to impregnate a cloth with detergent. 2. to imbue or permeate; pervade3. to cause to conceive; make pregnant4. (Zoology) to fertilize (an ovum)5. (Agriculture) to make (land, soil, etc) fruitful adj pregnant or fertilized [C17: from Late Latin impraegnāre to make pregnant, from Latin im- in-² + praegnans pregnant] ˌimpregˈnation n imˈpregnator n

im•preg•nate

(v. ɪmˈprɛg neɪt; adj. -nɪt, -neɪt)

v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing,
adj. v.t. 1. to make pregnant. 2. to fertilize. 3. to cause to become permeated throughout: to impregnate a handkerchief with perfume. 4. to fill interstices of with a substance. adj. 5. impregnated. [1535–45; < Late Latin impraegnātus, past participle of impraegnāre to fertilize, impregnate] im`preg•na′tion, n. im•preg′na•tor, n.

impregnate

Past participle: impregnated
Gerund: impregnating

Imperative
impregnate
impregnate

Present
I impregnate
you impregnate
he/she/it impregnates
we impregnate
you impregnate
they impregnate

Preterite
I impregnated
you impregnated
he/she/it impregnated
we impregnated
you impregnated
they impregnated

Present Continuous
I am impregnating
you are impregnating
he/she/it is impregnating
we are impregnating
you are impregnating
they are impregnating

Present Perfect
I have impregnated
you have impregnated
he/she/it has impregnated
we have impregnated
you have impregnated
they have impregnated

Past Continuous
I was impregnating
you were impregnating
he/she/it was impregnating
we were impregnating
you were impregnating
they were impregnating

Past Perfect
I had impregnated
you had impregnated
he/she/it had impregnated
we had impregnated
you had impregnated
they had impregnated

Future
I will impregnate
you will impregnate
he/she/it will impregnate
we will impregnate
you will impregnate
they will impregnate

Future Perfect
I will have impregnated
you will have impregnated
he/she/it will have impregnated
we will have impregnated
you will have impregnated
they will have impregnated

Future Continuous
I will be impregnating
you will be impregnating
he/she/it will be impregnating
we will be impregnating
you will be impregnating
they will be impregnating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been impregnating
you have been impregnating
he/she/it has been impregnating
we have been impregnating
you have been impregnating
they have been impregnating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been impregnating
you will have been impregnating
he/she/it will have been impregnating
we will have been impregnating
you will have been impregnating
they will have been impregnating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been impregnating
you had been impregnating
he/she/it had been impregnating
we had been impregnating
you had been impregnating
they had been impregnating

Conditional
I would impregnate
you would impregnate
he/she/it would impregnate
we would impregnate
you would impregnate
they would impregnate

Past Conditional
I would have impregnated
you would have impregnated
he/she/it would have impregnated
we would have impregnated
you would have impregnated
they would have impregnated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	impregnate - fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"tincture, infuse, instillfill, 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"saturatemedicate - impregnate with a medicinal substancealcoholise, 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 ammonificationthoriate - impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emissionstuff - 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 upfecundate, inseminate, fertilise, fertilize - introduce semen into (a female)impregnate - fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"

impregnate

verb1. saturate, soak, steep, fill, seep, pervade, infuse, permeate, imbue, suffuse, percolate, imbrue (rare) plastic impregnated with a light-absorbing dye2. inseminate, fertilize, make pregnant, fructify, fecundate, get with child War entailed killing the men and impregnating the women.

impregnate

verbTo cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone:charge, freight, imbue, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse, transfuse.

Translations

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