
Noah Webster
Impregnate
IMPREG'NATE, verb transitive [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 or one thing to another, as in pharmacy, by mixture, digestion, etc.
IMPREG'NATE, adjective Impregnated; rendered prolific or fruitful.