v. i. To become pregnant. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ LL. impraegnatus, p. p. ] Impregnated; made prolific. [ 1913 Webster ]
The scorching ray
Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
adj. [ p. p. from impregnate. ] same as fertilized, 1.
n. [ Cf. F. imprégnation, LL. impraegnatio. ]
☞ In the broadest biological sense, impregnation, or sexual generation, consists simply in the coalescence of two similar masses of protoplasmic matter, either derived from different parts of the same organism or from two distinct organisms. From the single mass, which results from the fusion, or coalescence, of these two masses, a new organism develops. [ 1913 Webster ]