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Impregn [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. impre'ne. [Latin in and proegnans. See Pregnant .]

2. To impregnate; to infuse the seed of young, or other prolific principle. [Used in poetry. See Impregnate.]

Impregn [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To impregnate; to make fruitful.

Impregnability [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.

Impregnable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; that cannot be reduced by force; able to resist attack; as an impregnable fortress.

2. Not to be moved, impressed or shaken; invincible.

3. The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable

Impregnable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.

2. Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.

Impregnably [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a manner to resist penetration or assault; in a manner to defy force; as a place impregnably fortified.

Impregnant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.

Impregnant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

That which impregnates.

Impregnate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Impregnated; rendered prolific or fruitful.

Impregnate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To infuse the principle of conception; to make pregnant, as a female animal.

2. To deposit the fecundating dust of a flower on the pistils of a plant; to render prolific.

3. To infuse particles of one thing into another; to communicate the virtues or one thing to another, as in pharmacy, by mixture, digestion, etc.

Impregnate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Impregnated; made prolific.

Impregnate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To become pregnant.

Impregnate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.

2. 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.

Impregnated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Made pregnant or prolific; fecundated; filled with something by mixture, etc.

Impregnated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Impregnate

Impregnating [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Infusing seed or pollen; rendering pregnant; fructifying; fecundating; filling by infusion or mixture.

Impregnating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Impregnate

Impregnation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of fecundating and rendering fruitful; applied to animals or plants.

2. The communication of the particles or virtues of one thing to another.

3. That with which any thing is impregnated.

4. Saturation.

Impregnation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.

2. The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.

3. That with which anything is impregnated.

4. Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.

5. An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.