FECUNDATE

inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise

(verb) introduce semen into (a female)

fertilize, fecundate, fertilise

(verb) make fertile or productive; “The course fertilized her imagination”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

fecundate (third-person singular simple present fecundates, present participle fecundating, simple past and past participle fecundated)

To make fertile.

To inseminate.

Anagrams

• unfaceted

Source: Wiktionary


Fec"un*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fecundated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fecundating.] Etym: [L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See Fecund.]

1. To make fruitful or prolific. W. Montagu.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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