impregnate

Etymology

Earlier impregn, from Middle French imprégner, from Old French enpreignier.

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
   I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
   The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight. 1903 [1901], Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alfred Sutro, The Life of the Bee, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, page 264
2. (transitive) To fertilize.
3. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
4. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
   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. 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent, page 121
5. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.