reimpregnate

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ impregnate.

Verb

reimpregnate (third-person singular simple present reimpregnates, present participle reimpregnating, simple past and past participle reimpregnated)

1. (transitive) To impregnate again.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     the vigor of the Loadstone is destroyed by fire , nor will it be reimpregnated by any other Magnețe

References

• “reimpregnate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.