51³Ō¹Ļ

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impregnate

[im-preg-neyt, im-preg-neyt, im-preg-nit, -neyt]

verb (used with object)

impregnated, impregnating 
  1. to make pregnant; cause to be with child or young.

  2. to fertilize.

  3. to cause to be permeated or saturated with a substance.

    To relieve cold and flu symptoms, impregnate a handkerchief with oils of eucalyptus and mint and inhale its scent.

    Synonyms: , ,
  4. to fill the interstices, openings, or cells of (a fine network, or the like) with a substance.

    The stainless steel housing contains a ceramic honeycomb impregnated with platinum, rhodium, and palladium.

  5. to infuse or imbue with some quality or element.

    Picasso’s later paintings are impregnated with a certain melancholy.

    The air was pleasantly impregnated with the odor of pines.



adjective

  1. impregnated.

impregnate

verb

  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

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. pregnant or fertilized

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • impregnation noun
  • impregnator noun
  • impregnatory adjective
  • reimpregnate verb (used with object)
  • reimpregnation noun
  • self-impregnating adjective
  • self-impregnation noun
  • self-impregnator noun
  • ˌ¾±³¾±č°ł±š²µĖˆ²Ō²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
  • ¾±³¾Ėˆ±č°ł±š²µ²Ō²¹³Ł“ǰł noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of impregnate1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Late Latin ¾±³¾±č°ł²¹±š²µ²ŌÄå³Ł³Ü²õ, past participle of ¾±³¾±č°ł²¹±š²µ²ŌÄå°ł±š ā€œto fertilize, impregnate,ā€ equivalent to im- im- 1 ( def. ) + praegn-, stem of ±č°ł²¹±š²µ²ŌÄå²õ, variant of ±č°ł²¹±š²µ²ŌÄå²Ō²õ (stem praegnant-) ā€œpregnant, with childā€ + -Äå³Ł³Ü²õ past participle suffix; pregnant 1 ( def. ), -ate 1 ( def. )
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of impregnate1

C17: from Late Latin ¾±³¾±č°ł²¹±š²µ²ŌÄå°ł±š to make pregnant, from Latin im- in- ² + praegnans pregnant
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So in January 2022, when veterinary scans showed 25% of his impregnated ewes were no longer carrying lambs, he began to investigate.

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Musk reached out to random women he's never met, and asked to impregnate them.

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Online men fetishize subjugating women and making them like it through their ā€œtrad wifeā€ fantasies, while Trump-world heroes like Twitter CEO Elon Musk joke about impregnating liberal women like pop star Taylor Swift.

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While the cow is milking, she is impregnated.

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The lawsuit alleges that in one instance at Combs’ house in Los Angeles, she was drugged and impregnated.

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