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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•preg•nate /ɪmˈprɛgneɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -nat•ed, -nat•ing. - Physiologyto make pregnant:The dog was impregnated several months ago.
- Physiologyto fertilize:The flower was impregnated with pollen.
- to cause to enter and be spread or permeated throughout:to impregnate a handkerchief with perfume.
im•preg•na•tion /ˌɪmprɛgˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•preg•nate (v. im preg′nāt, im′preg nāt′;adj. im preg′nit, -nāt),USA pronunciation v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing, adj. v.t. - Physiologyto make pregnant;
get with child or young. - Physiologyto fertilize.
- to cause to be infused or permeated throughout, as with a substance;
saturate:to impregnate a handkerchief with cheap perfume. - to fill interstices with a substance.
- to furnish with some actuating or modifying element infused or introduced;
imbue, infect;
tincture.
adj. - Physiologyimpregnated.
- Late Latin impraegnātus past participle of impraegnāre to fertilize, impregnate, equivalent. to im- im-1 + praegn- (see pregnant) + -ātus -ate1
- 1535–45
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged permeate, infuse, penetrate.
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