impregnating

Verb

impregnate (third-person singular simple present impregnates, present participle impregnating, simple past and past participle impregnated)

1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
   • I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.

   Synonyms:

   knock up, inseminate, cover

2. (transitive) To fertilize.
3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
   • To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a.
     To impregnate with tartar.1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 498
4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
   • It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left.1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent, page 121
5. (dated, intransitive) To become pregnant.
   • Were they, like Spanish Jennets, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention.1711–1714, [Joseph Addison], The Spectator, number (please specify the issue number); republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume (please either specify the...

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