impregn

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French imprégner, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French enpreignier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹiːn/, /ɪmˈpɹɛn/

Verb

impregn (third-person singular simple present impregns, present participle impregning, simple past and past participle impregned)

1. (obsolete) To impregnate; to make fruitful.
   • Milton

     His pernicious words, impregned / With reason

   • Dr. H. More

     Semele doth Bacchus bear / Impregned of Jove.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “impregn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• gripmen, perming