Meaning

3 senses

  1. To sow (to disperse or plant seeds).

    place seeds in or on (the ground)

  2. To fill with one's semen.

    introduce semen into (a female)

  3. (broadly)To impregnate (to cause to become pregnant).

Translations

5 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Latin inseminātus, the perfect passive participle of insemināre (“to sow”).

Borrowed from Latin inseminātus, the perfect passive participle of insemināre (“to sow”). By surface analysis, in- + seminate.

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Forms

inseminates, inseminating, inseminated, inseminated
Base forminseminate · to inseminate
3rd person singularinseminates
Present participleinseminating
Past simpleinseminated
Past participleinseminated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinseminate
he, she, itinseminates

Past simpleLesson

all personsinseminated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave inseminated
he, she, ithas inseminated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill inseminate

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
RelateddisseminateC2inseminationsemen
Derivednoninseminateduninseminatedinseminateeinseminatorreinseminate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
insectA2insecticideinsecureC1insecurityinseminationinsensitiveC1inseparableB2

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