impregnate: Meaning and Definition of

im•preg•nate

Pronunciation: (v.im-preg'nāt, im'preg-nāt"adj.im-preg'nit, -nāt), [key]

— v., adj. -nat•ed, -nat•ing,

—v.t.

to make pregnant; get with child or young.
to 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.

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