impregnated
Use Impregnated in a sentenceim·preg·nate
[v. im-preg-neyt, im-preg-neyt; adj. im-preg-nit, -neyt] verb, im·preg·nat·ed, im·preg·nat·ing, adjective 
neɪt, ˈɪm verb (used with object)
1.
to make pregnant; get with child or young.
2.
to fertilize.
3.
to cause to be infused or permeated throughout, as with a substance; saturate: to impregnate a handkerchief with cheap perfume.
4.
to fill interstices with a substance.
5.
to furnish with some actuating or modifying element infused or introduced; imbue, infect; tincture.
adjective
6.
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Origin:
1535–45; < Late Latin impraegnātus past participle of impraegnāre to fertilize, impregnate, equivalent to im- im-1 + praegn- (see pregnant) + -ātus -ate1
1535–45; < Late Latin impraegnātus past participle of impraegnāre to fertilize, impregnate, equivalent to im- im-1 + praegn- (see pregnant) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
im·preg·na·tion, noun
im·preg·na·tor, noun
non·im·preg·nat·ed, adjective
re·im·preg·nate, verb (used with object), re·im·preg·nat·ed, re·im·preg·nat·ing.
re·im·preg·na·tion, noun
self-im·preg·nat·ed, adjective
self-im·preg·nat·ing, adjective
self-im·preg·na·tion, noun
self-im·preg·na·tor, noun
un·im·preg·nat·ed, adjective
Synonyms
3. permeate, infuse, penetrate.
3. permeate, infuse, penetrate.
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| impregnate | |
| —vb | |
| 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. | to fertilize (an ovum) |
| 5. | to make (land, soil, etc) fruitful |
| —adj | |
| 6. | pregnant or fertilized |
| [C17: from Late Latin impraegnāre to make pregnant, from Latin im- | |
| impreg'nation | |
| —n | |
| im'pregnator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
impregnate
c.1600, from L.L. imprægnatus "pregnant," pp. of imprægnare "to render pregnant," from in- "in" + prægnare "make pregnant" (see pregnant).
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Medical Dictionary
impregnate im·preg·nate (ĭm-prěg'nāt)
v. im·preg·nat·ed, im·preg·nat·ing, im·preg·nates
To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; inseminate.
To fertilize an ovum.
To fill throughout; saturate.
im'preg·na'tion n.
im·preg'na'tor n.
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Example sentences
More progress has been made by seeding stem cells onto a variety of simple scaffolds impregnated with growth-promoting chemicals.
When woven into a lattice structure and impregnated with resin they can produce a part that is stronger than steel.
Sightless and flightless, these tiny parasites exist only to be impregnated.
He impregnated her, returned to the war, and was killed.
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