impregnation

Meaning

Noun

• The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
• The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
• That with which anything is impregnated.
• An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.

Origin

• From Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio.