impregnation

Variant of impregnate

impregnate definition

im·preg·nate (im preg′nāt′; for adj., -nit, -nāt′)

transitive verb impregnated -·nat′ed, impregnating -·nat′·ing

  1. to fertilize (an ovum)
  2. to make pregnant
  3. to fertilize (land); make fruitful
  4. to fill or saturate; cause to be permeated clothing impregnated with smoke
  5. to indoctrinate or imbue (with ideas, feelings, principles, etc.)

Etymology: < LL impraegnatus, pp. of impraegnare, to make pregnant < L in-, in + praegnans, pregnant

adjective

impregnated

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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