late 14c., "making or becoming pregnant," from Old French impregnacion or directly from Late Latin impregnationem (nominative impregnatio), noun of action from past participle stem of impraegnare "to impregnate" (see impregnate).
the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue
the impregnation of wood with preservative
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