impregn

verb /ɪmˈpɹiːn/

1. To impregnate; to make fruitful.

   archaic

   With Reason

   his perswasive words, impregn’d

Where it comes from

First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; from Middle English impregnen (“to make a woman pregnant, impregnate”), from Old French enpreignier, enpreigner (French imprégner), ultimately from Medieval Latin impraegnō. Doublet of impregnate.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry impregn (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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