Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to impregnate
Participle: impregnated
Gerund: impregnating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | impregnate |
| you | impregnate |
| he;she;it | impregnates |
| we | impregnate |
| you | impregnate |
| they | impregnate |
Perfect
| I | have impregnated |
| you | have impregnated |
| he;she;it | has impregnated |
| we | have impregnated |
| you | have impregnated |
| they | have impregnated |
Past
| I | impregnated |
| you | impregnated |
| he;she;it | impregnated |
| we | impregnated |
| you | impregnated |
| they | impregnated |
Pluperfect
| I | had impregnated |
| you | had impregnated |
| he;she;it | had impregnated |
| we | had impregnated |
| you | had impregnated |
| they | had impregnated |
Future
| I | will impregnate |
| you | will impregnate |
| he;she;it | will impregnate |
| we | will impregnate |
| you | will impregnate |
| they | will impregnate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have impregnated |
| you | will have impregnated |
| he;she;it | will have impregnated |
| we | will have impregnated |
| you | will have impregnated |
| they | will have impregnated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | impregnate |
| you | impregnate |
| he;she;it | impregnate |
| we | impregnate |
| you | impregnate |
| they | impregnate |
Perfect
| I | have impregnated |
| you | have impregnated |
| he;she;it | have impregnated |
| we | have impregnated |
| you | have impregnated |
| they | have impregnated |
Imperfect
| I | impregnated |
| you | impregnated |
| he;she;it | impregnated |
| we | impregnated |
| you | impregnated |
| they | impregnated |
Pluperfect
| I | had impregnated |
| you | had impregnated |
| he;she;it | had impregnated |
| we | had impregnated |
| you | had impregnated |
| they | had impregnated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would impregnate |
| you | would impregnate |
| he;she;it | would impregnate |
| we | would impregnate |
| you | would impregnate |
| they | would impregnate |
Perfect
| I | would have impregnated |
| you | would have impregnated |
| he;she;it | would have impregnated |
| we | would have impregnated |
| you | would have impregnated |
| they | would have impregnated |
Imperative
| you | impregnate |
| we | Let's impregnate |
| you | impregnate |
Verbs conjugated like 'impregnate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'impregnate'
imprecate,
pregnate,
reimpregnate,
impanate,
impersonate,
impetrate,
impinguate,
importunate,
impregn,
improbate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause somebody to become pregnant
- get with child, inseminate, inwomb, knock up
- Of an animal
- settle
- permeate
- saturate, pervade, soak, overflow, sop, suffuse, infuse
- imbue
- infuse, indoctrinate, inculcate, catechize, steep, ingrain
Antonyms
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- be removed, be taken, become pregnant, fail to notice, make clean, dirty, examine, remain
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1605, from L.L.
imprægnatus "pregnant," pp. of
imprægnare "to render pregnant," from
in- "in" +
prægnare "make pregnant" (see pregnant).
2. The adjective is first attested in 1540, the verb in 1605; borrowed from Medieval Latin impraegnātus, perfect passive participle of Latin impraegnō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of impregn; participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. See: Latin '
impraegnō'.
Verbs referencing "impregnate"
Ido impregnar, Finnish with old forms
impregnoida.
Sample Sentences
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I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
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A speech impregnated with references to the Constitution.
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The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight. [1903 [1901], Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alfred Sutro, The Life of the Bee, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, page 264:]
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To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a.
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To impregnate with tartar. [1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 498:]
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We find those charæ which secrete the largest quantity of calcareous matter in their stems to abound near springs impregnated with carbonate of lime. [1835, Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book IV, page 322:]
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It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left. [1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent, page 121:]
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Were they, like Spanish Jennets, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention. [1711–1714, [Joseph Addison], The Spectator, number (please specify the issue number); republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume (please either specify the issue number or |volume=I to VI), New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:]