Literary notes about impregnate (AI summary)
The word "impregnate" has been adapted in literature to convey a range of meanings, stretching from metaphorical to literal applications. In philosophical contexts, such as Santayana’s exploration of logical thought in human progress, “impregnate” is used metaphorically to describe how abstract ideas saturate and shape practical intellect [1]. Its Spanish equivalent, impregnar, appears in linguistic studies to denote a sense of saturation or thorough saturating action, as seen in Remy and Roessler’s work, and even extends to culinary texts where it describes the process of marinating ingredients in oil or wine [2, 3]. Additionally, the term finds application in a practical, almost antiseptic context in medical literature [4], while classical mythological narratives and epic poetry—such as in references to Jupiter and ancient creation myths or Homer’s vivid natural imagery—invoke “impregnate” to evoke generative processes and the infusion of creative, often divine, elements [5, 6].
- Logical forms of thought impregnate and constitute practical intellect.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - impregnar , to impregnate, saturate.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Alfred Remy and Erwin W. Roessler - [or other small fish, filets of sole, etc. of white meat] MARINATE [i.e. impregnate with] IN OIL, PLACE IN A SHALLOW PAN, ADD OIL, BROTH [2] AND WINE.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius - I have often used it, being careful always to impregnate it thoroughly with some antiseptic solution.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - IMG In Grecian story, Ouranos and Ge, or heaven and earth, were the parents of creation; and Jupiter came from heaven to impregnate Alcmena.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism by Thomas Inman and M.R.C.S.E. John Newton - Of air condensed a vapour circumfused For these, impregnate with celestial dew, On Simois, brink ambrosial herbage grew.
— from The Iliad by Homer