Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM-PREG'NATE, v.t. [It. impregnare; Fr. impregner; Sp. impregnar. See Pregnant.]

1. To infuse the principle of conception; to make pregnant, as a female animal.
2. To deposit the fecundating dust of a flower on the pistils of a plant; to render prolific.
3. To infuse particles of one thing into another; to communicate the virtues of one thing to another, as in pharmacy, by mixture, digestion, &c.