Associations to the word «Impregnate»

Wiktionary

IMPREGNATE, verb. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
IMPREGNATE, verb. (transitive) To fertilize.
IMPREGNATE, verb. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
IMPREGNATE, verb. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
IMPREGNATE, verb. (intransitive) (dated) To become pregnant.

Dictionary definition

IMPREGNATE, verb. Fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide".
IMPREGNATE, verb. Infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol".
IMPREGNATE, verb. Fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated".
IMPREGNATE, verb. Make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again".

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.