Definition of: impregnate

(im·preg′nāt) v.t. ·nat·ed, ·nat·ing
1. To make pregnant; get with child.
2. To fertilize.
3. To saturate or permeate with another substance.
4. To fill or imbue with emotion, ideas, principles, etc.: to impregnate a book with religious feeling.
—adjective Made pregnant. [<LL impraegnatus, pp. of impraegnare impregnate <in- in + praegnans pregnant]
—im·preg′na·ble (-nə·bəl) adjective
—im·preg′na·tor noun