Verb: impregnate im'preg,neyt or 'im,preg,neyt
- Make pregnant
"He impregnated his wife again";
- knock up [informal], bang up [informal]
- Fertilize and cause to grow
"the egg was impregnated"
- Infuse or fill completely
"Impregnate the cloth with alcohol";
- saturate
- Fill, as with a certain quality
"The heavy traffic impregnates the air with carbon monoxide";
- infuse, instill, tincture, instil [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: impregnated, impregnates, impregnating
Type of: fecundate, fertilise [Brit], fertilize, fill, fill up, inseminate
Encyclopedia: Impregnate