Definition of impregnate

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Impregnate (v. t.) 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..

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Semiphlogisticated :: Semiphlogisticated (a.) Partially impregnated with phlogiston.
Impregnation :: Impregnation (n.) That with which anything is impregnated.
Full :: Full (Compar.) Impregnated; made pregnant.
Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol..
Aerate :: Aerate (v. t.) To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water..
Silicify :: Silicify (v. i.) To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica..
Rhabarbarate :: Rhabarbarate (a.) Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.
Tan :: Tan (n.) To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water..
Tincture :: Tincture (v. t.) To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
Alum :: Alum (v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum..
Ziment-water :: Ziment-water (n.) A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper.
Faints :: Faints (n.pl.) The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil..
Chalybeate :: Chalybeate (a.) Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs..
Intercross :: Intercross (v. t. & i.) To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.
Creosote :: Creosote (v. t.) To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay..
Bougie :: Bougie (n.) A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc..
Nitrify :: Nitrify (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification..
Sulphurator :: Sulphuration (n.) The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated..
Naphthalize :: Naphthalize (v. t.) To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha..
Philter :: Philter (v. t.) To impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter a draught..
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