Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make pregnant; inseminate.
- transitive verb To fertilize (an ovum, for example).
- transitive verb To fill throughout; saturate.
- transitive verb To permeate or imbue.
- adjective Saturated or filled.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rendered prolific or fruitful; impregnated.
- To make pregnant, as a female; cause to conceive; get with young; fertilize.
- To transmit or infuse an active principle into; fecundate; fertilize; imbue.
- To infuse into, as particles of another substance; communicate the qualities of another substance to, as (in pharmacy) by mixture, digestion, etc.; saturate.
- To become impregnated or pregnant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To become pregnant.
- adjective Impregnated; made prolific.
- transitive verb To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.
- transitive verb (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
- transitive verb To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
- transitive verb 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)
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To cause to become
pregnant . - verb transitive To
fertilize . - verb transitive To
saturate , orinfuse . - verb transitive To fill
pores or spaces with a substance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb infuse or fill completely
- verb fertilize and cause to grow
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
- verb make pregnant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We have sailed out of sight of the old continent of coarse thinking, and are sailing a sea where purity of thought and expression impregnate the air like odors.
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We have sailed out of sight of the old continent of coarse thinking, and are sailing a sea where purity of thought and expression impregnate the air like odors.
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Tripod's voiceover calmly discusses the necessity of trying to "impregnate" this girl, who's treated as a test subject, and the scene where Tripod begins stripping while the girl watches, coloring pictures on the floor, is unbelievably creepy and queasy.
Crimes of the Future Ed Howard 2009
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"impregnate" as you insinuate that I'm a redneck, rheaume.
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Or whether he would be willing to impregnate his sister-in-law should his brother die.
Think Progress » Chinese state press highlights China’s first public same-sex ‘marriage.’ 2010
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In my war novel the hero would impregnate the love of his life just before he died.
In My War Novel Matthew Salesses 2011
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Donohue also believes that ghosts can impregnate women.
Think Progress » Donohue: ‘There’s a connection between homosexuality and sexual abuse of minors.’ 2010
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And the writing, at its best, is wonderfully allusive – a golden cloud of summer pollen is as fecund and generative as the wind Plato thought could impregnate horses – and precise, often finding all manner of surprising likenesses: dragonflies "the size of kitchen matches" cruise the air; cut grass is baled in blue plastic "the exact colour of surgical scrubs".
To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface by Olivia Laing – review 2011
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Where is the outcry by the conservatives for the deadbeat dads who abandon the women they impregnate?
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Where is the outcry by the conservatives for the deadbeat dads who abandon the women they impregnate?
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