[syn: inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fecundate \Fec"un*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fecundated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fecundating.] [L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See
Fecund.]
1. To make fruitful or prolific. --W. Montagu.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as,
in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the
stigma.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fecundate
v 1: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her
imagination" [syn: fertilize, fecundate, fertilise]
2: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: inseminate,
fecundate, fertilize, fertilise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, spermatize