Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PREG'NATE
IM-PREG'NATE, v.t. [It. impregnare; Fr. impregner; Sp. impregnar. See Pregnant.]
- To infuse the principle of conception; to make pregnant, as a female animal.
- To deposit the fecundating dust of a flower on the pistils of a plant; to render prolific.
- To infuse particles of one thing into another; to communicate the virtues of one thing to another, as in pharmacy, by mixture, digestion, &c.
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