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- Dictionaryimpregnate/ˈɪmprɛɡneɪt/
verb
- 1. soak or saturate (something) with a substance: "wood which had been impregnated with preservative" Similar
- 2. make (a woman or female animal) pregnant: "he was obliged to marry the woman he'd impregnated" Similar
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The meaning of IMPREGNATE is to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated. How to use impregnate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Impregnate.
IMPREGNATE definition: 1. to cause something, usually a solid substance, to absorb something, usually a liquid: 2. to…. Learn more.
to make pregnant; cause to be with child or young. to fertilize. To relieve cold and flu symptoms, impregnate a handkerchief with oils of eucalyptus and mint and inhale its scent. The stainless steel housing contains a ceramic honeycomb impregnated with platinum, rhodium, and palladium.
Use the verb impregnate to describe what happens when a male of any animal species makes a female pregnant. Human fathers impregnate mothers — otherwise, they would not become fathers.
IMPREGNATE meaning: 1. to cause something, usually a solid substance, to absorb something, usually a liquid: 2. to…. Learn more.
If someone or something impregnates a thing with a substance, they make the substance spread through it and stay in it.
1. to saturate, soak, or infuse: to impregnate a cloth with detergent. 2. to imbue or permeate; pervade. 3. to cause to conceive; make pregnant. 4. (Zoology) to fertilize (an ovum) 5. (Agriculture) to make (land, soil, etc) fruitful. adj. pregnant or fertilized.
Definition of impregnate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to cause to be permeated or saturated with a substance: To relieve cold and flu symptoms, impregnate a handkerchief with oils of eucalyptus and mint and inhale its scent.
To impregnate (the air, or something to be eaten, etc.) with poison; to render poisonous. In the Roman order of baptism the priest prays that "the font may receive the grace of the only begotten Son from the holy Spirit, and that the latter may impregnate with hidden admixture of His light this water prepared for the regeneration of mankind, to ...
