different between impregnate vs prolificate

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

See prolific.

Verb

prolificate (third-person singular simple present prolificates, present participle prolificating, simple past and past participle prolificated)

1. (dated, transitive) To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
   • 1970, R. W. Buntenbach, "A generalized circuit model for multiwinding inductive devices", IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, March

     ...it enables simultaneous and self-consistent treatment of the magnetic circuit together with the associated purely electrical circuits and should prolificate the understanding and usage of electromagnetic components and systems.

   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

     A greater difficulty, in the doctrine of eggs, is, how the sperm of the cock prolificates and makes the oval conception fruitful...

Italian

Verb

prolificate

1. second-person plural present indicative of prolificare
2. second-person plural imperative of prolificare
3. feminine plural of prolificato