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Definition of Impregnable

1. Adjective. Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with. "A secure telephone connection"

2. Adjective. Capable of conceiving.

3. Adjective. Incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted. "Impregnable self-confidence"

Definition of Impregnable

1. a. Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.

2. a. Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.

Definition of Impregnable

1. Adjective. (Of a fortress, wall, etc., also used figuratively) Too strong to be penetrated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impregnable

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Impregnable

1. Capable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant. See: Impregnate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impregnable

imprecate imprecated imprecates imprecating imprecation imprecations imprecatory imprecise imprecisely impreciseness

imprecisenesses imprecision imprecisions impregn impregnability impregnable (current term) impregnableness impregnably impregnant impregnants

impregnate impregnated impregnates impregnating impregnation impregnations impregnator impregnators impregned impregning

Literary usage of Impregnable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"... knew and remembered, and, secure in her own impregnable position, would never rest till she had driven out the intruder. ..."

2. The Life and Travels of General Grant by Joel Tyler Headley (1879)
"... and its naturally strong position, on a high bluff, had been rendered well-nigh impregnable by formidable works and powerful batteries. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... Irish, as for Cythera, they declared openly it was noe Place tenable: and yet Gain-ay, both these Townes were held impregnable in former Times: and soe ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... as it was univer sally esteemed till the age of Tamerlane, an impregnable fortress of the inde pendent Arabs.(6l) (61) For ihe identity of ..."

5. The Prairie: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper (1898)
"... had vainly flattered himself might prove impregnable. CHAPTER XV. So smile the heavens upon this holy act, Tbat after-hours with sorrow chide us not Î ..."

6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"There was along the whole ' line a rush—the spectacle of impregnable works—a bloody ' loss—a sullen falling back, and the action was decided. ..."

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