Thesaurus / impregnate
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He squeezes it between his fingers, in order to completely impregnate it and dries it.
Her remorseful grief, though silent, seemed to impregnate the atmosphere with its heaviness.
THE WELL-BELOVEDTHOMAS HARDY
To impregnate these, a bunch of male flowers is carefully inserted and fastened in the calyx.
THE DESERT WORLDARTHUR MANGIN
Impregnate the tissues with mucilage for twelve to twenty-four hours, according to size.
THE ELEMENTS OF BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUEJOHN WILLIAM HENRY EYRE
They can impregnate cloth and leather, nay, even paper and parchment, with the most subtle venom.
THE TALISMANSIR WALTER SCOTT
So the ether of your own earnest, fervent, patriotic character may impregnate the spiritless and help to sustain the brave.
He had thought to impregnate his colleagues with the same loftiness of principle, but in this respect he had failed.
CITIES OF THE DAWNJ. EWING RITCHIE
It is generally moved round in the dish, so as to impregnate every leaf with the seasoning.
Sugar placed near coffee will, in a short time, so impregnate the berries as to injure their flavour.
I have often used it, being careful always to impregnate it thoroughly with some antiseptic solution.
THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINEST. H. PARDO DE TAVERA
WORDS RELATED TO IMPREGNATE
- block
- blow up
- brim over
- bulge out
- charge
- choke
- clog
- close
- congest
- cram
- crowd
- distend
- fulfill
- furnish
- glut
- gorge
- heap
- impregnate
- inflate
- jam-pack
- lade
- load
- meet
- overflow
- overspread
- pack
- pack like sardines
- permeate
- pervade
- plug
- puff up
- pump up
- ram
- ram in
- replenish
- sate
- satiate
- satisfy
- saturate
- shoal
- stock
- stopper
- store
- stretch
- stuff
- supply
- swell
- take up
- top
- top off
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