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impregnate (v.)

c. 1600, "to fill with an ingredient, spirit, etc.;" 1640s as "make (a female) pregnant), from Late Latin impraegnatus "pregnant," past participle of impraegnare "to render pregnant," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (from PIE root *en "in") + praegnare "make pregnant" (see pregnant). Earlier in same sense was impregn (1530s), which OED marks as "now only in poetic use."

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Definitions of impregnate from WordNet

impregnate (v.)
fill, as with a certain quality;
Synonyms: infuse / instill / tincture
impregnate (v.)
infuse or fill completely;
Synonyms: saturate
impregnate (v.)
fertilize and cause to grow;
the egg was impregnated
impregnate (v.)
make pregnant;
He impregnated his wife again
Synonyms: knock up / bang up / prang up
From wordnet.princeton.edu