impregnate

1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.Examples: "I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is."; "The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight."Synonyms: knock up, inseminate, covertransitive

2. (transitive) To fertilize.transitive

3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.Examples: "To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a. To impregnate with tartar."; "We find those charæ which secrete the largest quantity of calcareous matter in their stems to abound near springs impregnated with carbonate of lime."transitive

4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.Examples: "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."transitive

5. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.Examples: "Were they, like Spanish Jennets, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention."datedintransitive