Cho thụ tinh; làm có mang, làm thụ thai

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) làm cho (đất đai) màu mỡ

Làm thấm nhuần, làm nhiễm vào

to become impregnated with bad habits

bị tiêm nhiễm thói hư tật xấu

Làm thấm đầy

to impregnate one's clothing with insecticide

thấm thuốc trừ sâu đầy quần áo

Fertilize, inseminate, fecundate, make pregnant: Thefemale can be impregnated only during one ten-day interval eachyear. 2 imbue, suffuse, permeate, penetrate, pervade, infuse,saturate, drench, soak, steep, fill: The preservative must beallowed to impregnate the wood.

V.tr.

(often foll. by with) fill or saturate.

(often foll. by with) imbue, fill (with feelings, moralqualities, etc.).

A make (a female) pregnant. b Biol.fertilize (a female reproductive cell or ovum).

Adj.

Pregnant.

(often foll. by with) permeated.

Impregnation n.[LL impregnare impregnat- (as IN-(2), pregnare be pregnant)]