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ingravidate

/ɪŋˈɡɹævɪdeɪt/

ingravidate verb: to impregnate (literal or figurative).

Verb

ingravidate (third-person singular simple present ingravidates, present participle ingravidating, simple past and past participle ingravidated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To impregnate (literal or figurative).
    • they may keep stews in their hearts, and be so pregnant and ingravidated with lustfull thought1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC

Forms of ingravidate

third-person singular presentingravidates
present participleingravidating
past participleingravidated
pastingravidated

Origin of ingravidate

From Latin ingravidatus, past participle of ingravidare (“to impregnate”).

Questions about ingravidate

What does ingravidate mean?
Ingravidate means to impregnate (literal or figurative).
What part of speech is ingravidate?
Ingravidate is a verb.
How do you pronounce ingravidate?
Ingravidate is pronounced /ɪŋˈɡɹævɪdeɪt/.
What is the past tense of ingravidate?
The past tense of ingravidate is ingravidated.

Words near ingravidate in the dictionary

  1. ingratitudes
  2. ingrave
  3. ingraved
  4. ingraves
  5. ingravescent
  6. ingravidate
  7. ingravidated
  8. ingravidates
  9. ingravidating
  10. ingravidation
  11. ingraving

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