impregnate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- saturate, infuse, permeate, soak, steep, suffuse
- fertilize, inseminate, make pregnant

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Related Words: inoculate, leaven

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im‧preg‧nate /ˈɪmpreɡneɪt $ ɪmˈpreɡ-/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Late Latin; Origin: past participle of impraegnare, from Latin praegnas; ⇒ pregnant]

1. to make a substance spread completely through something, or to spread completely through something
impregnate something with something
The mats have to be impregnated with disinfectant.

2. technical to make a woman or female animal pregnant

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