Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PREG-NA'TION
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IM-PREG-NA'TION, n. [Fr.]
- The act of fecundating and rendering fruitful; applied to animals or plants.
- The communication of the particles or virtues of one thing to another.
- That with which any thing is impregnated. Derham.
- Saturation. Ainsworth.
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