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Synonyms
im·preg·nate (ĭm-prĕǵnāt)

[Probably from Late Latin impraegnātus, pregnant, Latin in-, in; see in–2, + Latin praegnātus, variant of praegnās, pregnant; see pregnant1.]

transitive verb: -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates. 

  1. To make pregnant; inseminate.
  2. To fertilize (an ovum, for example).
  3. To fill throughout; saturate: a cotton wad that was impregnated with ether.
  4. To permeate or imbue: impregnate a speech with optimism. See synonyms at charge

adjective 

Saturated or filled.

derivatives

iḿpreg·nátion
noun
im·preǵnátor
noun