inseminate
verb /ɪnˈsemɪneɪt/
/ɪnˈsemɪneɪt/
(specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inseminate | /ɪnˈsemɪneɪt/ /ɪnˈsemɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it inseminates | /ɪnˈsemɪneɪts/ /ɪnˈsemɪneɪts/ |
| past simple inseminated | /ɪnˈsemɪneɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈsemɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle inseminated | /ɪnˈsemɪneɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈsemɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form inseminating | /ɪnˈsemɪneɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsemɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- inseminate somebody/something to put sperm into a woman or female animal in order to make her pregnant
- The cows are artificially inseminated.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin inseminat- ‘sown’, from the verb inseminare, from in- ‘into’ + seminare ‘plant, sow’ (from semen, semin- ‘seed, semen’).