impregnate
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impregnate
- /ˈɪmpɹɛɡneɪt/
- /ɪmˈpɹɛɡneɪt/
- /ˈɪmprɛɡnət/
- /ɪmˈprɛɡnət/
Where it comes from
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.
verb impregnates · impregnating · impregnated
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To cause to become pregnant.
I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
Similar: knock up, inseminate, cover
- To fertilize.
- To saturate, or infuse. To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a. To impregnate with tartar.
- 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.
- To become pregnant. Were they, like Spanish Jennets, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention.
Similar: get with child, impregnate, inseminate, inwomb, knock up, settle · Opposite: become pregnant
adjective more impregnate · most impregnate
- Impregnated (all senses).
- Pregnant, with child.
- Rendered fruitful, prolific.
- 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.
- Impregnable.
Thesaurus
verb
Similar: get with child, impregnate, inseminate, inwomb, knock up, settle · Opposite: become pregnant
Translations
Every language
verb to cause to become pregnant
| Español | embarazar, preñar, dejar embarazada, embombar, empreñar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 孕ませる haramaseru |
| 中文 | 使...受孕 |
| हिन्दी | गर्भाधान garbhādhān |
| Kiswahili | -tia mimba |
| Português | emprenhar, engravidar, fertilizar |
| Français | rendre enceinte, mettre enceinte, enceinter, engrosser, couvrir |
| Deutsch | schwängern, besamen, befruchten |
| Italiano | ingravidare, mettere incinta, impregnare |
| Română | însămânța, lăsa gravidă |
| Русский | де́лать бере́менной délatʹ berémennoj, сде́лать бере́менной sdélatʹ berémennoj, оплодотворя́ть oplodotvorjátʹ, оплодотвори́ть oplodotvorítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thụ tinh |
| العربية | حَبَّلَ ḥabbala |
verb to saturate, to infuse
| Español | impregnar |
|---|---|
| Português | impregnar |
| Français | imprégner de, imprégner |
| Italiano | impregnare |
| Русский | насыща́ть nasyščátʹ, насы́тить nasýtitʹ |
verb to fill pores or spaces with a substance
| Español | impregnar |
|---|---|
| Português | impregnar, permear |
| Français | imbiber |
| Deutsch | imprägnieren |
| Italiano | impregnare, permeare, pigmentare |
| Русский | пропи́тывать propítyvatʹ, пропита́ть propitátʹ |
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