fecundate
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (2)
- make fertile or productive“The course fertilized her imagination”Synonyms: fertilizefertilise
- introduce semen into (a female)Synonyms: inseminatefertilizefertilise
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]