impregnate-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: Saturate or inocculate with a substance.

Examples:
Heavy traffic impregnates the air with carbon monoxide.
Impregnate the cloth with alcohol.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: impregnate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: Make pregnant; fertilize and cause to grow.

Examples:
The egg was impregnated by the sperm.
He impregnated his wife again.
He never meant to impregnate the girl.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: impregnate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4