impregnate

Definitions

1. 1.(Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
2. 2.To infuse an active principle into; to render frutful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
3. 3.To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore.
4. 4.To become pregnant. Addison.
5. 5.Impregnated; made prolific. The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. Byron.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate called?
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• What is impregnated; made prolific. The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. Byron called?