Refine this word faster
Impregnate
Definitions
- 1 Impregnated (all senses). obsolete, rare
- 2 Pregnant, with child. obsolete, rare
- 3 Rendered fruitful, prolific. figuratively, obsolete, rare
- 4 Imbued, saturated, permeated or filled with. obsolete, rare
"There Juno stopped, and, her fair steeds unloosed, Of air condensed a vapour circumfused: For these, impregnate with celestial dew, On Simoïs' brink ambrosial herbage grew."
- 5 Impregnable. obsolete, rare
- 1 To cause to become pregnant. transitive
"I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is."
- 2 make pregnant wordnet
- 3 To fertilize. transitive
- 4 fertilize and cause to grow wordnet
- 5 To saturate, or infuse. transitive
"To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a. To impregnate with tartar."
Show 4 more definitions
- 6 infuse or fill completely wordnet
- 7 To fill pores or spaces with a substance. transitive
"It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left."
- 8 fill, as with a certain quality wordnet
- 9 To become pregnant. dated, intransitive
"Were they, like Spanish Jennets, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention."
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
See also for "impregnate"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: impregnate