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Im*preg"nate (ĭm*prĕg"n&ā;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impregnated (-n&auptack_;*tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Impregnating (-n&auptack_;*tĭng).] [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.
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2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
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3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
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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.
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Im*preg"nate (ĭm*prĕg"n&ā;t), v. i. To become pregnant. Addison.
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Im*preg"nate (-n&auptack_;t), a. [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.] Impregnated; made prolific.
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The scorching ray
Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. Byron.
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