Impregnate
verb
To cause a woman or female animal to conceive a baby or babies by having sexual intercourse or by artificial insemination.
Male animals compete to impregnate the females.
Often appears as...
- impregnate a female
- successfully impregnate
verb
To soak or fill something completely with a substance, so it is completely absorbed or permeated.
The wood is impregnated with a preservative to prevent rotting.
verb
To inspire or influence thoroughly; instill.
His speeches were impregnated with his faith in human progress.
Often appears as...
- impregnate with belief
- impregnate with ideas
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To cause a woman or female animal to conceive a baby or babies by having sexual intercourse or by artificial insemination.
Male animals compete to impregnate the females.
Often appears as...
- impregnate a female
- successfully impregnate
verb
To soak or fill something completely with a substance, so it is completely absorbed or permeated.
The wood is impregnated with a preservative to prevent rotting.
verb
To inspire or influence thoroughly; instill.
His speeches were impregnated with his faith in human progress.
Often appears as...
- impregnate with belief
- impregnate with ideas
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Conception
Impregnate in this sense refers to the actual process of conceiving offspring, specifically mentioning the role of a male.
The breeder's goal was to impregnate the mare during the spring.
Pro Tip 2/3Biology Context
Most commonly used in the context of biology, animal husbandry, or discussions of reproduction.
The conservation program aimed to impregnate the endangered species to boost their population.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Sensitivity
The word can be sensitive or personal when referring to humans; use it with consideration to avoid discomfort.
The fertility clinic specializes in helping couples who wish to impregnate.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Conception
Impregnate in this sense refers to the actual process of conceiving offspring, specifically mentioning the role of a male.
The breeder's goal was to impregnate the mare during the spring.
Pro Tip 2/3Biology Context
Most commonly used in the context of biology, animal husbandry, or discussions of reproduction.
The conservation program aimed to impregnate the endangered species to boost their population.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Sensitivity
The word can be sensitive or personal when referring to humans; use it with consideration to avoid discomfort.
The fertility clinic specializes in helping couples who wish to impregnate.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Conception
Impregnate in this sense refers to the actual process of conceiving offspring, specifically mentioning the role of a male.
The breeder's goal was to impregnate the mare during the spring.
Pro Tip 2/3Biology Context
Most commonly used in the context of biology, animal husbandry, or discussions of reproduction.
The conservation program aimed to impregnate the endangered species to boost their population.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Sensitivity
The word can be sensitive or personal when referring to humans; use it with consideration to avoid discomfort.
The fertility clinic specializes in helping couples who wish to impregnate.
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Video examples
Emma Marris: Are wild...
and joined up with two wolves and they formed a little pack. And wildlife managers were very nervous about this because they didn't want the dog impregnating either of the wolves because any puppies would be hybrids. They would be neither domestic nor wild. They wouldn't fit into either category.
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Chimps vs. Humans:...
which tends to make the monogamous societies have been able to expand better in the world it's a because it reduces a source of tension when each male is limited to one female that the the facts of males being able to impregnate multiple females I'm sure I
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Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
and rolled over by that tank. And I want to talk about a girl that I just met recently in Bukavu, who was impregnated by her rapist. And she was holding her baby. And I asked her if she loved her baby. And she looked into her baby's eyes and she said,
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Jason Silva on Language...
and eventually science and technology have decommissioned natural selection and now get to use language to discuss and decide what we wish to become so it is a way in which the cosmos knows itself language impregnates the world
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The twins who tricked...
which caught the attention of one of the lords’ daughters. When she reached for it, the skull of Jun spat on her hand and impregnated her. Fleeing of her father’s wrath,
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Body Invaders PIPE National...
greatest dangers the larvae will face is being themselves impregnated by other species of parasitic wasp incredibly the wounded caterpillar helps them out
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Best Spider Moments PIPE...
silken threads left by a female impregnated with her pheromones chemical love letters advertising her availability they lead him to her lair
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Meet the Penis-Fencing...
injected into the rival the duel is over the impregnated flatworm is left with the scar and the labour of laying the
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Don't Lose Your Head!...
Impregnated with her pheromones chemical love letters, advertising her availability. They lead him to her lair.
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Two-pronged penis...
it'll impregnate you and now they fence each tries to stab and inseminate the other without being stabbed first
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Emma Marris: Are wild...
and joined up with two wolves and they formed a little pack. And wildlife managers were very nervous about this because they didn't want the dog impregnating either of the wolves because any puppies would be hybrids. They would be neither domestic nor wild. They wouldn't fit into either category.
Video examples
Chimps vs. Humans:...
which tends to make the monogamous societies have been able to expand better in the world it's a because it reduces a source of tension when each male is limited to one female that the the facts of males being able to impregnate multiple females I'm sure I
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
and rolled over by that tank. And I want to talk about a girl that I just met recently in Bukavu, who was impregnated by her rapist. And she was holding her baby. And I asked her if she loved her baby. And she looked into her baby's eyes and she said,
Video examples
Jason Silva on Language...
and eventually science and technology have decommissioned natural selection and now get to use language to discuss and decide what we wish to become so it is a way in which the cosmos knows itself language impregnates the world
Video examples
The twins who tricked...
which caught the attention of one of the lords’ daughters. When she reached for it, the skull of Jun spat on her hand and impregnated her. Fleeing of her father’s wrath,
Video examples
Body Invaders PIPE National...
greatest dangers the larvae will face is being themselves impregnated by other species of parasitic wasp incredibly the wounded caterpillar helps them out
Video examples
Best Spider Moments PIPE...
silken threads left by a female impregnated with her pheromones chemical love letters advertising her availability they lead him to her lair
Video examples
Meet the Penis-Fencing...
injected into the rival the duel is over the impregnated flatworm is left with the scar and the labour of laying the
Video examples
Don't Lose Your Head!...
Impregnated with her pheromones chemical love letters, advertising her availability. They lead him to her lair.
Video examples
Two-pronged penis...
it'll impregnate you and now they fence each tries to stab and inseminate the other without being stabbed first
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Quote examples
Matthew Perry
Actor
I certainly like the rumour that I was the father of Elizabeth Hurley's baby. It made me think I could impregnate women in a different way to everyone else. Elizabeth and I were never alone in a room together, so I must be a very powerful man indeed. Actually, I'm thinking of suing the baby!
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Spike Lee
American Director
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.
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Octavio Paz
Mexican Poet
Words are things, but things which mean. We cannot do away with meaning without doing away with signs, that is, with language itself. Moreover, we would have to do away with the universe. All the things man touches are impregnated with meaning.
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Dominique Crenn
French Chef
When I came to America, I saw the inequality right away with the food industry. And I don't really talk about it in the book, but the racism here, it's so predominant and so impregnated in the history of America.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian Writer
I think if you're impregnated with good literature, with good culture, you're much more difficult to manipulate, and you're much more aware of the dangers that powers represent.
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Lytton Strachey
English Critic
Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to the future and to the past.
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Debbie Rowe
American Celebrity
Because you give birth, because you impregnate someone, that does not automatically give you that title of mother or father. You earn the title.
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Marie Helvin
American Model
I'm not keen on the English way of eating outside, on the street. I want food that is clean, not impregnated with toxic fumes.
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Michael Redhill
Canadian Poet
It's no mistake that the moment of impregnation is called conception: at first, parenthood is nothing more than an idea.
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Joel Madden
American Musician
I don't want to see anyone leaving single tonight. I want everyone to leave impregnated.
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Matthew Perry
Actor
I certainly like the rumour that I was the father of Elizabeth Hurley's baby. It made me think I could impregnate women in a different way to everyone else. Elizabeth and I were never alone in a room together, so I must be a very powerful man indeed. Actually, I'm thinking of suing the baby!
Quote examples
Spike Lee
American Director
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.
Quote examples
Octavio Paz
Mexican Poet
Words are things, but things which mean. We cannot do away with meaning without doing away with signs, that is, with language itself. Moreover, we would have to do away with the universe. All the things man touches are impregnated with meaning.
Quote examples
Dominique Crenn
French Chef
When I came to America, I saw the inequality right away with the food industry. And I don't really talk about it in the book, but the racism here, it's so predominant and so impregnated in the history of America.
Quote examples
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian Writer
I think if you're impregnated with good literature, with good culture, you're much more difficult to manipulate, and you're much more aware of the dangers that powers represent.
Quote examples
Lytton Strachey
English Critic
Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to the future and to the past.
Quote examples
Debbie Rowe
American Celebrity
Because you give birth, because you impregnate someone, that does not automatically give you that title of mother or father. You earn the title.
Quote examples
Marie Helvin
American Model
I'm not keen on the English way of eating outside, on the street. I want food that is clean, not impregnated with toxic fumes.
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Michael Redhill
Canadian Poet
It's no mistake that the moment of impregnation is called conception: at first, parenthood is nothing more than an idea.
Quote examples
Joel Madden
American Musician
I don't want to see anyone leaving single tonight. I want everyone to leave impregnated.
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