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n. The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. imprenable; pref. im- not + prenable pregnable, fr. prendre to take, L. prehendere. See Comprehend, Get to obtain. ] Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue. [ 1913 Webster ]

The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable. South.

-- Im*preg"na*ble*ness, n. -- Im*preg"na*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Impregnate. ] (Biol.) Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + pregnant. ] Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Impregnate. ] That which impregnates. [ R. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. impraegnatus, p. p. ] Impregnated; made prolific. [ 1913 Webster ]

The scorching ray
Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impregnated p. pr. & vb. n. Impregnating ] [ LL. impraegnatus, p. p. of impraegnare to impregnate, fr. L. pref. im- in + praegnans pregnant. See Pregnant. ] 1. To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) To come into contact with (an ovum or egg) so as to cause impregnation; to fertilize; to fecundate. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To infuse an active principle into; to render fruitful or fertile in any way; to fertilize; to imbue. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To infuse particles of another substance into; to communicate the quality of another to; to cause to be filled, imbued, mixed, or furnished (with something); as, to impregnate India rubber with sulphur; clothing impregnated with contagion; rock impregnated with ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become pregnant. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as fertilized, 1. fertile (vs. infertile)
Syn. -- fertilized, inseminated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. [ p. p. from impregnate. ] same as fertilized, 1.
Syn. -- fertilized, inseminated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. imprégnation, LL. impraegnatio. ] 1. The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoön) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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 ]

3. That with which anything is impregnated. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Intimate mixture; infusion; saturation. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mining) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To impregnate again or anew. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]