different between impregnated vs impregnate

impregnated

English

Verb

impregnated

  1. past participle of impregnate

impregnated From the web:

  • what impregnated means
  • what's impregnated wood
  • what is impregnated paper
  • what is impregnated gauze
  • what is impregnated turquoise
  • what is impregnated carbon
  • what do impregnated means
  • what is impregnated activated carbon


impregnate

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

impregnate From the web:

  • what impregnated means
  • what's impregnated wood
  • impregnate what does it mean
  • what animal impregnates itself
  • what is impregnated paper
  • what is impregnated gauze
  • what is impregnated turquoise
  • what is impregnated carbon
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like