impregnate

Earlier impregn, from Middle French imprégner, from Old French enpreignier.

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹɛɡneɪt/

impregnate (third-person singular simple present impregnates, present participle impregnating, simple past and past participle impregnated)

1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

   I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.

2. (transitive) To fertilize.
3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
   • 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent (page 121)

     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.

5. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)

• conceive
• sire
• father
• knock up

• permeating, rimegepant

impregnate

1. second-person plural present of impregnare
2. second-person plural imperative of impregnare
3. feminine plural of impregnato, past participle of impregnare

• pigmentare, pigmenterà, pigramente