Impregnate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), im·preg·nat·ed, im·preg·nat·ing.
  1. to make pregnant; cause to be with child or young.
  2. to fertilize.
  3. to cause to be permeated or saturated with a substance: To relieve cold and flu symptoms, impregnate a handkerchief with oils of eucalyptus and mint and inhale its scent.
  4. to fill the interstices, openings, or cells of (a fine network, or the like) with a substance: The stainless steel housing contains a ceramic honeycomb impregnated with platinum, rhodium, and palladium.
  5. to infuse or imbue with some quality or element: Picasso’s later paintings are impregnated with a certain melancholy.The air was pleasantly impregnated with the odor of pines.
adjective
  1. impregnated.
verb (ˈɪmprɛɡˌneɪt) (tr)
  1. to saturate, soak, or infuse
  2. to imbue or permeate; pervade
  3. to cause to conceive; make pregnant
  4. to fertilize (an ovum)
  5. to make (land, soil, etc) fruitful
adjective (ɪmˈprɛɡnɪt, -ˌneɪt)
  1. pregnant or fertilized
Impregnate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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