impregnated

American  

[im-preg-ney-tid] / ɪmˈprɛg neɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. made pregnant.

   An impregnated chamois antelope bears a single kid after 170 days of gestation.

2. fertilized.

   The impregnated egg then travels along the fallopian tubes to the uterus, where it attaches to the uterine wall.

3. infused or permeated with some substance, quality, element, etc.; saturated (also used in combination).

   To protect your engine against very dusty conditions, soak the air filter in the fluid, then squeeze the excess fluid from the impregnated filter.

   I had to get out of that panic-stricken, hate-impregnated atmosphere.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of impregnate.

Other Word Forms

• nonimpregnated
  adjective
• self-impregnated
  adjective
• unimpregnated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of impregnated

First recorded in 1640–50; impregnate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; impregnate ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Impregnated by Zeus, Danaë gave birth to Perseus, who eventually fulfilled the fatal prophecy.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2010

Impregnated wood makes possible among other things, doors, windows and drawers that do not stick or get loose.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Him, Thoösa bore, Nymph of the sea 90 From Phorcys sprung, by Ocean’s mighty pow’r Impregnated in caverns of the Deep.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

Pervade my being with Thy vital force, That this else inexpressive life of mine May become eloquent and full of power, Impregnated with life and strength divine.

From Quiet Talks on Service by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

Impregnated as he was with Satanophobia he might perhaps have doubted still whether this distressed creature, all woman and nature, was not all art and fiend.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles