"impregnate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɪmpɹɛɡneɪt/, /ɪmˈpɹɛɡneɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impregnate.wav Forms: impregnates [present, singular, third-person], impregnating [participle, present], impregnated [participle, past], impregnated [past]
Etymology: Earlier impregn, from Middle French imprégner, from Old French enpreignier. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|imprégner}} Middle French imprégner, {{der|en|fro|enpreignier}} Old French enpreignier Head templates: {{en-verb}} impregnate (third-person singular simple present impregnates, present participle impregnating, simple past and past participle impregnated)
  1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant. Tags: transitive Synonyms: knock up, inseminate, cover (english: of animals) Translations (to cause to become pregnant): nyem (Akan), حَبَّلَ (ḥabbala) (Arabic), dölləndirmək (Azerbaijani), badusan (Bikol Central), оплождам (oploždam) (Bulgarian), prenyar (Catalan), 使...受孕 (Chinese Mandarin), zbouchnout [perfective] (Czech), oplodnit (Czech), befrugte (Danish), besvangre (Danish), inseminere (Danish), bolle tyk [vulgar] (Danish), gravedigi (Esperanto), saada raskaaksi (Finnish), hedelmöittää (Finnish), siittää (Finnish), rendre enceinte (note: subject is not a person) (French), mettre enceinte (French), enceinter [dated] (French), engrosser [colloquial] (French), empreñar (Galician), ანაყოფიერებს (anaq̇opierebs) (Georgian), აორსულებს (aorsulebs) (Georgian), schwängern (German), besamen (German), befruchten (German), teherbe ejt (Hungarian), megtermékenyít (Hungarian), frjóvga (Icelandic), fekundigar (Ido), toirchigh (Irish), ingravidare (Italian), mettere incinta (Italian), impregnare (Italian), 孕ませる (haramaseru) (Japanese), gravidō (Latin), maritō (Latin), whakahapū (Maori), whakatō (Maori), whakakikiri (Maori), گشنیدن (gošnidan) (Persian), zapłodnić [perfective] (Polish), zapładniać [imperfective] (Polish), emprenhar (Portuguese), engravidar (Portuguese), fertilizar (Portuguese), însămânța (Romanian), lăsa gravidă (Romanian), де́лать бере́менной (délatʹ berémennoj) [imperfective] (Russian), сде́лать бере́менной (sdélatʹ berémennoj) [perfective] (Russian), оплодотворя́ть (oplodotvorjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оплодотвори́ть (oplodotvorítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), toraich (Scottish Gaelic), fertilizar (Spanish), inseminar (Spanish), embarazar (Spanish), preñar (Spanish), fecundar (Spanish), dejar embarazada (Spanish), embombar [Bolivia] (Spanish), -tia mimba (Swahili), befrukta (Swedish), hamile bırakmak (Turkish), запліднювати (zaplidnjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запліднити (zaplidnyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), thụ tinh (Vietnamese) Translations (to cause to become pregnant in case of animals): thōh (Khiamniungan Naga)
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  2. (transitive) To fertilize. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-impregnate-en-verb-HPOO1byU
  3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse. Tags: transitive Translations (to saturate, to infuse): насищам (nasištam) (Bulgarian), напоявам (napojavam) (Bulgarian), kyllästää (Finnish), imprégner de (French), telít (Hungarian), átitat (Hungarian), impregnare (Italian), impregnować [imperfective] (Polish), zaimpregnować [perfective] (Polish), nasycać [imperfective] (Polish), nasycić [perfective] (Polish), impregnar (Portuguese), насыща́ть (nasyščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), насы́тить (nasýtitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), emdirmek (Turkish), yedirmek (Turkish), (bir şeye) doyurmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-impregnate-en-verb-N2YhRp5A Disambiguation of 'to saturate, to infuse': 11 3 76 3 7
  4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance. Tags: transitive Translations (to fill pores or spaces with a substance): импрегнирам (impregniram) (Bulgarian), täyttää (Finnish), kyllästää (Finnish), imbiber (French), imprägnieren (German), impregnál (Hungarian), impregnare (Italian), permeare (Italian), pigmentare (Italian), impregnar (Portuguese), permear (Portuguese), пропи́тывать (propítyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пропита́ть (propitátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), impregnar (Spanish), impregnera (Swedish), emprenye etmek (Turkish), sugeçirmez yapmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-impregnate-en-verb-r9WQL3NE Disambiguation of 'to fill pores or spaces with a substance': 3 1 1 93 2
  5. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant. Tags: dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-impregnate-en-verb-3VNFAreT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: get with child, impregnate, inseminate, inwomb, knock up [slang], settle Hyponyms: fertilize Derived forms: pre-impregnate Related terms: conceive, sire, father

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.",
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          "text": "The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight.",
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        "To cause to become pregnant."
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        "(transitive) To cause to become pregnant."
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          "word": "使...受孕"
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          "word": "befrugte"
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          "word": "saada raskaaksi"
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          "word": "siittää"
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          "word": "rendre enceinte"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "mettre enceinte"
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "word": "engrosser"
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "empreñar"
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          "roman": "anaq̇opierebs",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "ანაყოფიერებს"
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          "roman": "aorsulebs",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "აორსულებს"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "schwängern"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "besamen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "befruchten"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "teherbe ejt"
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "ingravidare"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "mettere incinta"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "孕ませる"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "gravidō"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "whakakikiri"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gošnidan",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "گشنیدن"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zapłodnić"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "emprenhar"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "lăsa gravidă"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "sdélatʹ berémennoj",
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          "word": "toraich"
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          "_dis1": "79 1 1 1 19",
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          "word": "embarazar"
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "dejar embarazada"
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "word": "befrukta"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
          "word": "hamile bırakmak"
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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          "text": "To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a.\n To impregnate with tartar.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
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          "_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
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          "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
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          "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
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          "ref": "2025 February 4 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “TUESDAY, January 24, 2024–2025”, in 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:",
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    {
      "form": "impregnating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "impregnated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "impregnated",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:impregnate",
      "word": "fertilize"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "conceive"
    },
    {
      "word": "sire"
    },
    {
      "word": "father"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903 [1901], Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alfred Sutro, The Life of the Bee, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, page 264:",
          "text": "The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To cause to become pregnant."
      ],
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        [
          "pregnant",
          "pregnant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to become pregnant."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "knock up"
        },
        {
          "word": "inseminate"
        },
        {
          "english": "of animals",
          "word": "cover"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fertilize."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fertilize",
          "fertilize"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fertilize."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "To Tartarize, ta²r'ta⁴r-i¹ze, v. a.\n To impregnate with tartar.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1835, Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology […] , 4th edition, volume III, London: John Murray, Book IV, page 322:",
          "text": "We find those charæ which secrete the largest quantity of calcareous matter in their stems to abound near springs impregnated with carbonate of lime.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To saturate, or infuse."
      ],
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          "saturate"
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          "infuse",
          "infuse"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To saturate, or infuse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent, page 121:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fill pores or spaces with a substance."
      ],
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          "pore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2025 February 4 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “TUESDAY, January 24, 2024–2025”, in 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:",
          "text": "Were they, like Spanish Jennets, to impregnate by the Wind, they could not have thought on a more proper Invention.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become pregnant."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪmpɹɛɡneɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpɹɛɡneɪt/"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:impregnate",
      "word": "get with child"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:impregnate",
      "word": "impregnate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:impregnate",
      "word": "inseminate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:impregnate",
      "word": "inwomb"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:impregnate",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "knock up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:impregnate",
      "word": "settle"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ak",
      "lang": "Akan",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "nyem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥabbala",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "حَبَّلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "dölləndirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "badusan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oploždam",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "оплождам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "prenyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "使...受孕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbouchnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "oplodnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "befrugte"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "besvangre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "inseminere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "bolle tyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "gravedigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "saada raskaaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "hedelmöittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "siittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "subject is not a person",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "rendre enceinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "mettre enceinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "enceinter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "engrosser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "empreñar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "anaq̇opierebs",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "ანაყოფიერებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aorsulebs",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "აორსულებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "schwängern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "besamen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "befruchten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "teherbe ejt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "megtermékenyít"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "frjóvga"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "fekundigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "toirchigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "ingravidare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "mettere incinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "impregnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haramaseru",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "孕ませる"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "gravidō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "maritō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "whakahapū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "whakatō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "whakakikiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gošnidan",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "گشنیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapłodnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapładniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "emprenhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "engravidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "fertilizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "însămânța"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "lăsa gravidă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "délatʹ berémennoj",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "де́лать бере́менной"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdélatʹ berémennoj",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сде́лать бере́менной"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oplodotvorjátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оплодотворя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oplodotvorítʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оплодотвори́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "toraich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "fertilizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "inseminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "embarazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "preñar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "fecundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "dejar embarazada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "Bolivia"
      ],
      "word": "embombar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "-tia mimba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "befrukta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "hamile bırakmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaplidnjuvaty",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запліднювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaplidnyty",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запліднити"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
      "word": "thụ tinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "kix",
      "lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
      "sense": "to cause to become pregnant in case of animals",
      "word": "thōh"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasištam",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "насищам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napojavam",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "напоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "kyllästää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "imprégner de"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "telít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "átitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "impregnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "impregnować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaimpregnować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nasycać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nasycić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "impregnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nasyščátʹ",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "насыща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nasýtitʹ",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "насы́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "emdirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "yedirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
      "word": "(bir şeye) doyurmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "impregniram",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "импрегнирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "täyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "kyllästää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "imbiber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "imprägnieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "impregnál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "impregnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "permeare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "pigmentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "impregnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "permear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "propítyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пропи́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "propitátʹ",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пропита́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "impregnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "impregnera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "emprenye etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
      "word": "sugeçirmez yapmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impregnate"
}

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