impregnated


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.
[Probably from Late Latin impraegnātus, pregnant : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin praegnātus, variant of praegnās, pregnant; see pregnant1.]
im′preg·na′tion n.im·preg′na′tor n.