impregnate

🇺🇸 /ɪmˈpreɡneɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɪmpreɡneɪt/
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verb
R

Fill something with a substance so that it soaks it up.

The fabric was impregnated with the strong-smelling chemicals.

R

Cause a woman or female animal to become pregnant.

The king's soldiers impregnated many of the village women.

translation

v. Fill something with a substance so that it soaks it up.; Cause a woman or female animal to become pregnant.

Word Forms

3rd Present impregnates
Past impregnated
Perfect impregnated
Progressive impregnating