I. ə̇mˈpregnə̇t, usu -nə̇d.+V adjective
Etymology: Late Latin impraegnatus, past participle
: impregnated
II. ə̇mˈpregˌnāt, ˈimˌp-, usu -ād.+V transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Late Latin impraegnatus, past participle of impraegnare, from Latin in- in- (II) + praegnas pregnant — more at pregnant
1.
a.
(1) : to make pregnant : cause to conceive : get with child or young
(2) : to introduce sperm cells into : inseminate
b. : to infuse an active principle into : make fruitful or fertile : fertilize , imbue
2.
a. : to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, furnished, or saturated (as with particles of another substance)
impregnate wood with creosote
gauze impregnated with medicament
a cake strongly impregnated with brandy
the chamber … impregnated with the odor of furniture paste — Arnold Bennett
b.
(1) : to mix with : interpenetrate
quicksilver ore impregnates sandstone in California — A.M.Bateman
(2) : to have a marked permeating or coloring effect upon
a very notable poem impregnated with the pessimism of a time — R.M.Lovett
criticism … richly impregnated with history — C.W.Shumaker
c. : to force by impregnation
plastics impregnated into cloth — Jack DeMent
3. : to influence markedly : indoctrinate
impregnated with socialistic ideas
Synonyms: see permeate