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• past tense form of impregnate.
• past participle of impregnate.

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

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impregnated

“The inmate Carroll impregnated is not one of the two victims in this case,” Assistant District Attorney Eric DuTemple said in an email this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

So in January 2022, when veterinary scans showed 25% of his impregnated ewes were no longer carrying lambs, he began to investigate.

From BBC ● May 10, 2025

The maggots arrived at her doctor’s office impregnated in a gauze pad.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2024

In that suit, a couple — also represented by Wolf — claims that they wanted a male embryo but instead their gestational carrier was impregnated with a female embryo, according to City News Service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

“Or—I’ve been impregnated with a false memory system. Maybe I only remember Garland over the whole time. But—”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick