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impregnated Definition


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impregnate
verb impregnated, impregnating
    1. To make (a woman or female animal) pregnant; to fertilize (eg a female cell or plant).
    2. To permeate something completely; to saturate it.
      Example: The pads have been impregnated with soap
      Thesaurus: permeate, pervade, fill up, overflow, saturate.
    3. To fill or imbue something.
Derivative: impregnation
noun
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin impraegnare to fertilize.



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