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impregnate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˈprɛɡnət/
• /ˈɪmprɛɡnət/

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Meanings

1. (as a participle, obsolete, rare) Impregnated (all senses).
2. (obsolete, rare) Pregnant, with child.
3. (figuratively, obsolete, rare) Rendered fruitful, prolific.
4. (obsolete, rare) Imbued, saturated, permeated or filled with.
   • There Juno stopped, and, her fair steeds unloosed, Of air condensed a vapour circumfused: For these, impregnate with celestial dew, On Simoïs' brink ambrosial herbage grew. 1715-20, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, book V. v.968:
5. (obsolete, qualifier:mistakenly, rare) Impregnable.

Forms

Relateds

conceive · sire · father

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impregnate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪmpɹɛɡneɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪmˈpɹɛɡneɪt/

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
   • I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
   • The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight. 1903 [1901], Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alfred Sutro, The Life of the Bee, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, page 264:
   • A speech impregnated with references to the Constitution.
2. (transitive) To fertilize.
3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
   • To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a. To impregnate with tartar. 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 498:
   • We find those charæ which secrete the largest quantity of calcareous matter in their stems to abound near springs impregnated with carbonate of lime. 1835, Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book IV, page 322:
4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
   • It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left. 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent, page 121:
5. (dated, intransitive) To become pregnant.
   • Were they, like Spanish Jennets, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention. 1711–1714, [Joseph Addison], The Spectator, number (please specify the issue number); republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume (please either specify the issue number or |volume=I to VI), New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

become pregnant

Deriveds

pre-impregnate · nonimpregnated · impregnant · reimpregnate · impregnator · preimpregnated · coimpregnated · unimpregnated · impregnatable

Hyponyms

fertilize

Synonyms

knock up · inseminate · settle · inwomb · inseminate · knock up · get with child · impregnate · cover

Translations (109)

bg насищам (to saturate, to infuse) · uk запліднювати (to cause to become pregnant) · da bolle tyk (to cause to become pregnant) · la maritō (to cause to become pregnant) · es impregnar (to saturate, to infuse) · sv impregnera (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · de befruchten (to cause to become pregnant) · de schwängern (to cause to become pregnant) · ro însămânța (to cause to become pregnant) · es preñar (to cause to become pregnant) · da besvangre (to cause to become pregnant) · pt engravidar (to cause to become pregnant) · fa گشنیدن (to cause to become pregnant) · bg оплождам (to cause to become pregnant) · it impregnare (to cause to become pregnant) · it mettere incinta (to cause to become pregnant) · es embarazar (to cause to become pregnant) · cs oplodnit (to cause to become pregnant) · mi whakahapū (to cause to become pregnant) · ca embarassar (to cause to become pregnant) · fi täyttää (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · fr imprégner (to saturate, to infuse) · it impregnare (to saturate, to infuse) · ca inseminar (to cause to become pregnant) · de imprägnieren (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · ru насыща́ть (to saturate, to infuse) · da inseminere (to cause to become pregnant) · fr enceinter (to cause to become pregnant) · ja 孕ませる (to cause to become pregnant) · cmn 使...受孕 (to cause to become pregnant) · tr emdirmek (to saturate, to infuse) · tr yedirmek (to saturate, to infuse) · it pigmentare (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · io fekundigar (to cause to become pregnant) · is frjóvga (to cause to become pregnant) · mi whakatō (to cause to become pregnant) · fr engrosser (to cause to become pregnant) · pt impregnar (to saturate, to infuse) · tr (bir şeye) doyurmak (to saturate, to infuse) · fi kyllästää (to saturate, to infuse) · gd toraich (to cause to become pregnant) · ka აორსულებს (to cause to become pregnant) · pl zaimpregnować (to saturate, to infuse) · la gravidō (to cause to become pregnant) · es embombar (to cause to become pregnant) · gl empreñar (to cause to become pregnant) · fi hedelmöittää (to cause to become pregnant) · ak nyem (to cause to become pregnant) · fr imbiber (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · kix thōh (to cause to become pregnant in case of animals) · es empreñar (to cause to become pregnant) · es impregnar (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · hu teherbe ejt (to cause to become pregnant) · pt impregnar (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · ru пропи́тывать (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · sv befrukta (to cause to become pregnant) · fr couvrir (to cause to become pregnant) · ca fecundar (to cause to become pregnant) · fi saada raskaaksi (to cause to become pregnant) · cs zbouchnout (to cause to become pregnant) · fr mettre enceinte (to cause to become pregnant) · da befrugte (to cause to become pregnant) · it permeare (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · tr sugeçirmez yapmak (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · pl nasycić (to saturate, to infuse) · it ingravidare (to cause to become pregnant) · tr hamile bırakmak (to cause to become pregnant) · ro lăsa gravidă (to cause to become pregnant) · pt emprenhar (to cause to become pregnant) · ru де́лать бере́менной (to cause to become pregnant) · es dejar embarazada (to cause to become pregnant) · pl zapłodnić (to cause to become pregnant) · pt fertilizar (to cause to become pregnant) · ka ანაყოფიერებს (to cause to become pregnant) · hu impregnál (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · pt permear (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · ru пропита́ть (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · eo gravedigi (to cause to become pregnant) · pl impregnować (to saturate, to infuse) · bg напоявам (to saturate, to infuse) · ga toirchigh (to cause to become pregnant) · pl nasycać (to saturate, to infuse) · ru оплодотвори́ть (to cause to become pregnant) · hu telít (to saturate, to infuse) · hi गर्भाधान (to cause to become pregnant) · ca prenyar (to cause to become pregnant) · pl zapładniać (to cause to become pregnant) · it impregnare (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · ca impregnar (to saturate, to infuse) · fr rendre enceinte (to cause to become pregnant) · eo impregni (to saturate, to infuse) · de besamen (to cause to become pregnant) · az dölləndirmək (to cause to become pregnant) · fi siittää (to cause to become pregnant) · bcl badusan (to cause to become pregnant) · sw -tia mimba (to cause to become pregnant) · vi thụ tinh (to cause to become pregnant) · ru сде́лать бере́менной (to cause to become pregnant) · bg импрегнирам (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · fi kyllästää (to fill pores or spaces with a substance) · hu megtermékenyít (to cause to become pregnant) · ar حَبَّلَ (to cause to become pregnant) · ru насы́тить (to saturate, to infuse) · hu átitat (to saturate, to infuse) · mi whakakikiri (to cause to become pregnant) · fr imprégner de (to saturate, to infuse) · uk запліднити (to cause to become pregnant) · ru оплодотворя́ть (to cause to become pregnant) · tr emprenye etmek (to fill pores or spaces with a substance)

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