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

Or has th’ Almighty Father, with a breath, Impregnated the womb of distant space?

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

Impregnated ova thus left in abnormal positions, undergo a greater or lesser degree of development.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

Impregnated by power divine, the soil was prolific in other fruits than these.

From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William