different between reproduce vs impregnate

English

Etymology

re- +? produce

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i.p?o??djus/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??i.p?o??dus/

Verb

reproduce (third-person singular simple present reproduces, present participle reproducing, simple past and past participle reproduced)

1. (transitive) To produce an image or copy of.
2. (intransitive, biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.
3. (transitive) To produce again; to recreate.
4. (transitive) To bring something to mind; to recall.

Synonyms

• (printing): manifold

Derived terms

• reproducible
• reproducibility

Related terms

• reproduction

Translations

See also

• (generate offspring): procreate, proliferate, spawn

Anagrams

• procedure

Romanian

Etymology

re- +? produce

Verb

a reproduce (third-person singular present reproduc, past participle reprodus) 3rd conj.

1. to reproduce

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

reproduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of reproducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of reproducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of reproducir.

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