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fecundate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb fecundate has 2 senses
- fecundate(v = verb.change) fertilise, fertilize - make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination" is one way to alter, change, modify
- fecundate(v = verb.body) fertilise, fertilize, inseminate - introduce semen into (a female); Array is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun fecundation2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun fecundation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
fecundate, v. t. [L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See Fecund.].
- To make fruitful or prolific. W. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
- To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fecundate, v.tr.
1 make fruitful.
2 = FERTILIZE.
1 make fruitful.
2 = FERTILIZE.
Derivative
fecundation n.
Etymology
L fecundare f. fecundus fruitful
THESAURUS
fecundate
cross-fertilize, cross-pollen, cross-pollinate, cross-pollinize, dress, enrich, fatten, fecundify, fertilize, fructify, get with child, get with young, impregnate, inseminate, manure, pollen, pollinate, pollinize, prolificate, spermatizeROGET THESAURUS
fecundate
Production
VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.Productiveness
VB make productive, fructify, procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative, impregnate, fecundate, fecundify, teem, multiply, produce, conceive.
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