单词 | impregnate |
释义 | im·preg·nate (ĭm-prĕgnāt) 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·nation n. im·pregna′tor n. |
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