- 1[usually passive] impregnate something (with something) to make a substance spread through an area so that the area is full of the substance The pad is impregnated with insecticide.
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- 2impregnate somebody/something (formal) to make a woman or female animal pregnant
impregnate
verbNAmE//ɪmˈprɛɡneɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they impregnate he / she / it impregnates
past simple impregnated
-ing form impregnating
NAmE//ˌɪmprɛɡˈneɪʃn//
noun [uncountable]See impregnate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: impregnate