Sekirov Dictionary

impregnant

/ɪmˈpɹɛɡnənt/

adjective 4
noun 2
forms 1

adjective4

(no longer used) Not pregnant.
(no longer used) unfertilized or infertile.
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(no longer used) not allowing entry: impregnable
- an impregnant citadale, having foure large bulwarks — 1643
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(no longer used) unyielding
- Spirit[…] is impregnant upon their hearts — 1690

noun2

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that which is impregnated
- The impregnation of reinforced and prestressed concrete highway structures using hydrophobic pore-lining impregnants.
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(no longer used) That which impregnates.
- It is the Pole , to which we turn , and our sympathizing Judgements seldom decline from the direction of this Impregnant — 1665

forms

impregnants

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