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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), verb (used without an object) To become pregnant. --Addison.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ (-n[asl]t), adjective [LL. impraegnatus, p. p.] Impregnated; made prolific.
The scorching ray Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. --Byron.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impregnate \Im*preg"nate\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]g"n[=a]t), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Impregnated} (-n[asl]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Impregnating} (-n[asl]*t[i^]ng).] [LL. impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in + praegnans pregnant. See {Pregnant}.]
1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.
2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate.
3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue.
4. 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impregnate
verb
1: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: {infuse}, {instill}, {tincture}]
2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" [syn: {saturate}]
3: fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
4: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" [syn: {knock up}, {bang up}, {prang up}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "impregnate": bathe, beat into, besprinkle, brainwash, breathe, brew, catechize, charge, color, condition, cross-fertilize, cross-pollen, cross-pollinate, cross-pollinize, decoct, douche, dredge, drench, dress, drouk, dye, enrich, entincture, fatten, fecundate, fecundify, fertilize, fill, flavor, flush, fructify, get with child, get with young, imbrue, imbue, implant, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infix, infuse, inject, inoculate, inseminate, instill, interpenetrate, lave, leach, leaven, lixiviate, macerate, manure, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, pollen, pollinate, pollinize, program, prolificate, rinse, saturate, season, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, spermatize, steep, suffuse, temper, tincture, tinge, transfuse, wash, waterlog
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