IMPREGNATION

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.

2.
n.

The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoön) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.

3.
n.

That with which anything is impregnated. Derham.

4.
n.

Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.

5.
n.

An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore. Raymond.