to impregnate

Examples

• All

• Franklin rightly assesses that Schneider's view of biology and its place in kinship was impregnated with heavily traditional values, despite his criticism of its use (Franklin 2001).

  Academic text (2004)

• Rahner stressed that society and its institutions require the "constant transformation" that occurs when Christians exercise their "duty to impregnate the structures of secular life" with this eschatological hope.

  Academic text (2007)

• By so doing, they will impregnate culture and human works with a moral value.

  Blog text (17)

• We must be impregnated and saturated with her, and only think of what she makes us think.

  Academic text (2007)

• I mean, perhaps it is that fleeting Ness that impregnates such moments with such beauty.

• As the confidence of the mid-Victorian boom disappeared in the Great Depression, a deep sense of transience appeared to impregnate their perception of community.

  Academic text (1993)

• Finally, it is the ambiguity of ethnicity that impregnates the story with possibilities.

  Academic text (2000)

• The water blackened by charcoal is considered sacred, impregnated with letters from the Quran.

  Academic text (2008)

• A report from the city of Munich in 1919 stated that the city's cultural institutions were so thoroughly impregnated by antisemitism that the climate was ripe for pogroms.

  Academic text (1998)

• Esmeralda's comportment shows how people may be impregnated with dominant discourses and ideas, and how they try to conform to the dictates of Church and State.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

F

to fill

vsto impregnate

∞ 1.0

To make a place full by putting people or things into it

is more specific about adding particular qualities or substances than broad capacity

I

to instill

vsto impregnate

• US

71 4.8

To gradually make someone feel, believe, or value something

focuses on general filling rather than slow, stepwise introduction

I

to infuse

vsto impregnate

37 4.6

Fill someone or something with a feeling like confidence

is broader, covering both physical substances and abstract qualities

I

to imbue

vsto impregnate

22 6.9

To fill a person or thing with a particular quality

can mean filling without spreading through fully or deeply

I

to impart

vsto impregnate

17 4.8

To give a quality or feeling to something

emphasises filling thoroughly rather than merely giving or transferring a quality

D

to drench

vsto impregnate

14 4.4

Fill something completely with a liquid or a strong feeling

can mean add a quality without total saturation or extreme force

T

to tincture

vsto impregnate

• Literature

1 8.4

To add a small amount of a feeling or color to something

means a more direct or full filling rather than a light, subtle touch

A

to aromatize

vsto impregnate

7.2

Fill the air with a pleasant smell from herbs or oils

applies more broadly to many qualities or substances beyond just scent

Antonyms

D

to deplete

13 6.3

To use up almost all of something so little is left

Phrasal Verbs

I

to impregnate the soil

• Specialized

5.8

To add nutrients to soil so plants grow better

How Permeated

to impregnate

1 7.4

to permeate

24 6.0

to infuse

37 4.6

to tinge

1 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology