IMPREGNATE

impregnate. Impregnate, v.t. to fill, make fruitful, tincture

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Im‐preg″nate (ĭm‐prĕg″nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impregnated (–nā̍‐tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Impregnating (–nā̍‐tĭng).] [[LL. impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in + praegnans pregnant. See Pregnant.]] 1. 1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.
2. 2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
3. 3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
4. 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.