impregnate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: impregnate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for impregnate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impregnate v fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" Synonym(s): impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" Synonym(s): impregnate, saturate fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated" make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" Synonym(s): impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impregnate \Impreg"nate\ ([icr]mpr[ecr]g"n[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impregnated} (-n[asl]t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Impregnating} (-n[asl]t[icr]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. 2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate. 3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impregnate \Impreg"nate\ ([icr]mpr[ecr]g"n[amac]t), v. i. To become pregnant. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impregnate \Impreg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.] Impregnated; made prolific. The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate* with disease. --Byron.