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im·preg·nate
I. \ə̇mˈpregnə̇t, usu -nə̇d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin impraegnatus, past participle
: impregnated
II. \ə̇mˈpregˌnāt, ˈimˌp-, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Late Latin impraegnatus, past participle of impraegnare, from Latin in- in- (II) + praegnas pregnant — more at pregnant
1.
a.
(1) : to make pregnant : cause to conceive : get with child or young
(2) : to introduce sperm cells into : inseminate
b. : to infuse an active principle into : make fruitful or fertile : fertilize, imbue
2.
a. : to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, furnished, or saturated (as with particles of another substance)
< impregnate wood with creosote >
< gauze impregnated with medicament >
< a cake strongly impregnated with brandy >
< the chamber … impregnated with the odor of furniture paste — Arnold Bennett >
b.
(1) : to mix with : interpenetrate
< quicksilver ore impregnates sandstone in California — A.M.Bateman >
(2) : to have a marked permeating or coloring effect upon
< a very notable poem impregnated with the pessimism of a time — R.M.Lovett >
< criticism … richly impregnated with history — C.W.Shumaker >
c. : to force by impregnation
< plastics impregnated into cloth — Jack DeMent >
3. : to influence markedly : indoctrinate
< impregnated with socialistic ideas >
Synonyms: see permeate |