different between impregnate vs ingravidate

English

Etymology

Earlier impregn, from Middle French imprégner, from Old French enpreignier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p???ne?t/

Verb

impregnate (third-person singular simple present impregnates, present participle impregnating, simple past and past participle impregnated)

1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

   Synonyms: knock up, inseminate, cover (of animals)

2. (transitive) To fertilize.
3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
   • 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent (page 121)

     It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left.

5. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)

Translations

See also

• conceive
• sire
• father

Anagrams

• permeating, rimegepant

Italian

Verb

impregnate

1. second-person plural present of impregnare
2. second-person plural imperative of impregnare
3. feminine plural of the past participle of impregnare

Anagrams

• pigmentare, pigmenterà, pigramente

English

Etymology

Latin ingravidatus, past participle of ingravidare (“to impregnate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????æv?de?t/

Verb

ingravidate (third-person singular simple present ingravidates, present participle ingravidating, simple past and past participle ingravidated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To impregnate.
   • 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State

     they may keep stews in their hearts, and be so pregnant and ingravidated with lustfull thought

Italian

Verb

ingravidate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ingravidare
2. second-person plural imperative of ingravidare
3. feminine plural of ingravidato