verb · transitive · rare

impregnate

impregnate · impregnates · impregnated · impregnating

запліднити, запліднювати

делать беременной, сделать беременной, оплодотворить, оплодотворять

schwängern, befruchten, besamen, imprägnieren

To cause to become pregnantTo cause to become pregnant.

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/ˈɪmpɹɛɡneɪt/

» I impregnated his mind with new ideas.

Я посеял в его голове новые идеи.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To cause to become pregnant.
I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
A speech impregnated with references to the Constitution.
schwängern, besamen, befruchten
де́лать бере́меннойdélatʹ berémennoj, сде́лать бере́меннойsdélatʹ berémennoj, оплодотворя́тьoplodotvorjátʹ
запліднюватиzaplidnjuvaty, запліднитиzaplidnyty
make pregnant
(transitive)To fertilize.
fertilize and cause to grow
(transitive)To saturate, or infuse.
насыща́тьnasyščátʹ, насы́титьnasýtitʹ
infuse or fill completely
(transitive)To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
imprägnieren
пропи́тыватьpropítyvatʹ, пропита́тьpropitátʹ
fill, as with a certain quality
(dated, intransitive)To become pregnant.

Examples

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I impregnated his mind with new ideas.
ruЯ посеял в его голове новые идеи.
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This giraffe cow got impregnated in April.
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Antonio married and impregnated a fourteen-year girl.
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His clothes were impregnated with the stench of manure.
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The bull impregnated the cow.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to cause to become pregnant:

Русский

By meaning 3

to cause to become pregnant:

to saturate, to infuse:

to fill pores or spaces with a substance:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to cause to become pregnant:

to fill pores or spaces with a substance:

Origin

The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin im

The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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