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Impregnating

To cause to become pregnant.

📖 Definitions of "Impregnating"

verb

1
To cause to become pregnant.
"I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is."
2
To fertilize.
3
To saturate, or infuse.
4
To fill pores or spaces with a substance.

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Word	Definition
tinctureverb	(transitive) (chiefly in past participle form) To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
saturateverb	(transitive) To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
infuseverb	(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
bang upverb	(transitive, informal) To damage.
instillverb	(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
knock upverb	(slang, chiefly US) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
prang upverb	make pregnant
impregnantnoun	that which is impregnated
procreatingnoun	The produce of money, interest.
inseminatedverb	made pregnant
procreationnoun	The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
conceivingverb	Conception.
procreativenoun	Having the power to beget; generative.
inseminationnoun	The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).
childbearingnoun	The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.
inseminateverb	(by extension) To impregnate (to cause to become pregnant).
reproductivenoun	(biology) A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).
fecundationnoun	The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization.
pregnanciesnoun	(countable) The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
intercoursenoun	Sexual intercourse usually involving humans.

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