impregn

发音

/ɪmˈpɹiːn/

词形变化

impregned impregning impregns 三单 impregns impregning 现在分词 impregned 过去式 impregned 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To impregnate; to make fruitful.

    古体 诗歌

词源

First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English impregnen (“to make a woman pregnant, impregnate”), from Old French enpreignier, enpreigner (French imprégner), ultimately from Medieval Latin impraegnō. Doublet of impregnate.

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