| impregn | To impregnate; to make fruitful. "His perniciousss words, impregned With reason." (Milton) "Semele doth Bacchus bear Impregned of Jove." (Dr. H. More) Origin: Cf. F. Impregner. See Impregnate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| impregnable | <biology> Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant. See: Impregnate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| impregnate | Impregnated; made prolific. "The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease." (Byron) Origin: LL. Impraegnatus, p. P. 1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young. 2. <biology> To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate. 3. To infuse an active principle into; to render frutful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue. 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. Origin: LL. Impraegnatus, p. P. Of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. Pref. Im- in + praegnans pregnant. See Pregnant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| impregnation | 1. <gynaecology> The act of fecundation or of rendering pregnant. 2. The process or act of saturation, a saturated condition. Origin: L. Impregnatio (18 Nov 1997) |