Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Impregnation

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Impregnation


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(1):

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

(2):

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

(3):

(n.) That with which anything is impregnated.

(4):

(n.) Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.

(5):

(n.) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.