self-impregnating

im·preg·nate

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb im-preg-neyt, im-preg-neyt; adjective im-preg-nit, -neyt]
- /sɛlf ɪmˈpreɡ-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb im-preg-neyt, im-preg-neyt; adjective im-preg-nit, -neyt]
- /sɛlf ɪmˈpreɡ-/

Definitions of self-impregnating word

verb with object self-impregnating to make pregnant; get with child or young. 1
verb with object self-impregnating to fertilize. 1
verb with object self-impregnating to cause to be infused or permeated throughout, as with a substance; saturate: to impregnate a handkerchief with cheap perfume. 1
verb with object self-impregnating to fill interstices with a substance. 1
verb with object self-impregnating to furnish with some actuating or modifying element infused or introduced; imbue, infect; tincture. 1
adjective self-impregnating impregnated. 1

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Origin of self-impregnating

First appearance:

before 1535

One of the 29% oldest English words

1535-45; < Late Latin impraegnātus past participle of impraegnāre to fertilize, impregnate, equivalent to im- im-1 + praegn- (see pregnant1) + -ātus -ate1

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Parts of speech for Self-impregnating

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Self-impregnating

self-impregnating popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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