impregnate
verb (used with object)
to make pregnant; cause to be with child or young.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"I don't think anyone is saying that your hearings are impregnating women," Guttmacher told Nelson, "but the adverse publicity has caused many women to quit the Pill."
From Time Magazine Archive
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