fecundate

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. make fertile or productive“The course fertilized her imagination”Synonyms: fertilizefertilise
  2. introduce semen into (a female)Synonyms: inseminatefertilizefertilise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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