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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

impregnate
    v 1: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic
         tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate,
         infuse, instill, tincture]
    2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with
       alcohol" [syn: impregnate, saturate]
    3: fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
    4: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" [syn:
       impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. &
   p. p. Impregnated (-n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Impregnating (-n[asl]*t[i^]ng).] [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.
   of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in + praegnans
   pregnant. See Pregnant.]
   1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render
      prolific; to get with child or young.
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   2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as
      to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
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   3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or
      fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
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   4. To infuse particles of another substance into; to
      communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be
      filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as,
      to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing
      impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. i.
   To become pregnant. --Addison.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p.
   p.]
   Impregnated; made prolific.
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         The scorching ray
         Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. --Byron.
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Thesaurus Results for impregnate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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