'Impregnate' definitions:
Definition of 'impregnate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Impregnate'
From: GCIDE
- Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.] Impregnated; made prolific. [1913 Webster]
- The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Impregnate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
Definition of 'Impregnate'
From: GCIDE
- Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), v. i. To become pregnant. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impregnate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bathe,
- beat into,
- besprinkle,
- brainwash,
- breathe,
- brew,
- catechize,
- charge,
- color,
- condition,
- cross-fertilize,
- cross-pollen,
- cross-pollinate,
- cross-pollinize,
- decoct,
- douche,
- dredge,
- drench,
- dress,
- drouk,
- dye,
- enrich,
- entincture,
- fatten,
- fecundate,
- fecundify,
- fertilize,
- fill,
- flavor,
- flush,
- fructify,
- get with child,
- get with young,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- implant,
- impress,
- inculcate,
- indoctrinate,
- infiltrate,
- infix,
- infuse,
- inject,
- inoculate,
- inseminate,
- instill,
- interpenetrate,
- lave,
- leach,
- leaven,
- lixiviate,
- macerate,
- manure,
- penetrate,
- percolate,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- pollen,
- pollinate,
- pollinize,
- program,
- prolificate,
- rinse,
- saturate,
- season,
- seethe,
- soak,
- sodden,
- sop,
- souse,
- spermatize,
- steep,
- suffuse,
- temper,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- transfuse,
- wash,
- waterlog