impregnate

  • 21impregnate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. fertilize, fecundate, pollinate, inseminate, get in trouble (inf.), get in a family way (inf.), knock up (sl.); infuse, soak, permeate, saturate. See reproduction, insertion, mixture. II (Roget s… …

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  • 22impregnate — im|preg|nate [ ım preg,neıt ] verb transitive 1. ) FORMAL to make a woman or female animal pregnant 2. ) to make a substance such as a liquid spread all the way through something: a pad impregnated with natural oils ╾ im|preg|na|tion [ ,ımpreg… …

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  • 23impregnate — im·preg·nate || ɪmpregneɪt v. fertilize, make pregnant; fill completely, saturate, imbue adj. fertilized, pregnant; saturated …

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  • 24impregnate v — impregnable adj …

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  • 25impregnate — [ ɪmprɛgneɪt] verb 1》 (usu. be impregnated with) soak or saturate with a substance.     ↘fill with a feeling or quality. 2》 make pregnant; fertilize. Derivatives impregnation noun Origin C17 (earlier (ME) as impregnation): from late L. impregnat …

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  • 26impregnate — v. a. 1. Fecundate, make pregnant, get with child, get with young, cause to conceive. 2. Imbue, infuse, saturate, fill, tincture. 3. (Bot.) Fertilize, make prolific …

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  • 27impregnate — verb (T) 1 to make a substance spread completely through something, or to spread completely through something (+ with): The material has been impregnated with disinfectant. 2 to make a woman or female animal pregnant …

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  • 28impregnate — verb 1) a pad impregnated with natural oils Syn: infuse, soak, steep, saturate, drench; permeate, pervade, suffuse, imbue 2) the woman he had impregnated Syn: make/get pregnant, inseminate …

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  • 29impregnate — v 1. inseminate, make pregnant, get with child or young, Sl. knock up; fertilize, fructify, make fruitful, fecundate; beget, create, procreate, engender, generate. 2. permeate, spread throughout, overspread, fill, suffuse, imbue, imbrue; soak,… …

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  • 30impregnate — im·preg·nate …

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