impregnate
verb (used with object)
to make pregnant; cause to be with child or young.
will impregnate
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future tenseof impregnate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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What they hope to find eventually is a moth-killer which will impregnate a fabric like dye, will not be removed by washing or dry-cleaning.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seems, at first, very difficult to understand why there should be so many, especially since it has been ascertained that a single one will impregnate a queen for life.
From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth
Three ounces of the above will impregnate a quart of vinegar or wine with a very agreeable relish.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by William Kitchiner
Obs.—A table-spoonful of double catchup will impregnate half a pint of sauce with the full flavour of mushroom, in much greater perfection than either pickled or powder of mushrooms.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by William Kitchiner
When celery is not in season, a quarter of a dram of celery seed, or a little of the essence, will impregnate half a pint of sauce with all the flavour of the vegetable.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
