impregnate
1 of 2verb
im·preg·nate im-ˈpreg-ˌnāt 
ˈim-ˌpreg-
impregnated; impregnating
transitive verb
1
a
: to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
impregnate wood with varnish
b
: to permeate thoroughly
2
: to make pregnant : fertilize
impregnation
(ˌ)im-ˌpreg-ˈnā-shən
noun impregnator
im-ˈpreg-ˌnā-tər
noun ˈim-ˌpreg-
impregnate
2 of 2adjective
im·preg·nate im-ˈpreg-nət
: being filled or saturated
Synonyms
Verb
- drench
- drown
- macerate
- saturate
- soak
- sodden
- sop
- souse
- steep
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Example Sentences
Verb a cake impregnated with brandy impregnated the cloth with furniture polish
Recent Examples on the Web
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 5 June 2017 And none of these policies mention what lawmakers think should happen to the men who impregnate women. Grant Hughes, Glamour, 13 July 2022 In this Danish comedy, a fertility specialist hatches a drunken plan to use her ex-boyfriend’s sperm to impregnate herself and somehow win him back. Hau Chu, Washington Post, 8 June 2022 Casanova’s mystically enabled sperm would impregnate her with a male fetus endowed with her soul. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 In addition to Cline, the documentary claims, there are 44 other doctors who have used their own sperm to impregnate their patients; they, too, were discovered through at-home DNA testing. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 12 May 2022 In 2017, Cline avoided jail time for lying about using his own sperm to impregnate as many as dozens of women after telling them the donors were anonymous. Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 May 2022 And in the documentary Our Father, nearly 100 people learn they were fathered by the same fertility doctor who, without consent, used his own sperm to impregnate patients. Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 May 2022 Our Father recounts the case of Indianapolis doctor Donald Cline, who, over the course of several years, repeatedly used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of unwitting women seeking fertility treatment. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 12 May 2022 Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2020 See More
Verb
Getting the semen from a tiny male to impregnate a larger female is apparently a huge challenge, and one that doesn’t yet produce reliable results. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 5 June 2017 And none of these policies mention what lawmakers think should happen to the men who impregnate women. Grant Hughes, Glamour, 13 July 2022 In this Danish comedy, a fertility specialist hatches a drunken plan to use her ex-boyfriend’s sperm to impregnate herself and somehow win him back. Hau Chu, Washington Post, 8 June 2022 Casanova’s mystically enabled sperm would impregnate her with a male fetus endowed with her soul. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 In addition to Cline, the documentary claims, there are 44 other doctors who have used their own sperm to impregnate their patients; they, too, were discovered through at-home DNA testing. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 12 May 2022 In 2017, Cline avoided jail time for lying about using his own sperm to impregnate as many as dozens of women after telling them the donors were anonymous. Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 May 2022 And in the documentary Our Father, nearly 100 people learn they were fathered by the same fertility doctor who, without consent, used his own sperm to impregnate patients. Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 May 2022 Our Father recounts the case of Indianapolis doctor Donald Cline, who, over the course of several years, repeatedly used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of unwitting women seeking fertility treatment. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 12 May 2022 Adjective
The genetic material was thus less effective for artificial insemination procedures to impregnate female dogs. Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Late Latin impraegnatus, past participle of impraegnare, from Latin in- + praegnas pregnant
First Known Use
Verb
1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adjective
1646, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
impregnate
transitive verb
im·preg·nate im-ˈpreg-ˌnāt, ˈim-ˌ
impregnated; impregnating
1
a
: to make pregnant
b
: to introduce sperm into : fertilize
2
: to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
gauze impregnated with white petrolatum
impregnates
verb
as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid impregnated the cloth with furniture polish Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- soaks
- saturates
- drowns
- drenches
- macerates
- submerges
- immerses
- penetrates
- souses
- washes
- dips
- sops
- steeps
- marinates
- infiltrates
- permeates
- inundates
- soddens
- seethes
- bathes
- moistens
- douses
- presoaks
- waters
- hydrates
- humidifies
- waterlogs
- swamps
- dampens
- water-soaks
- swills
- damps
- dowses
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dries
- empties
- dehydrates
- drains
- wrings (out)
- sears
- voids
- desiccates
- parches
- dehumidifies