Impregn
//ɪmˈpɹiːn// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To impregnate; to make fruitful. archaic, poetic
"his perswasive words, impregn’d With Reason"
Example
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Etymology
First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English impregnen (“to make a woman pregnant, impregnate”), from Old French enpreignier, enpreigner (French imprégner), ultimately from Medieval Latin impraegnō. Doublet of impregnate.
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