fertilize

Verb
Synonyms: fertilisefeedfecundateinseminate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to“We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants”Synonyms: fertilisefeed
  2. make fertile or productive“The course fertilized her imagination”Synonyms: fecundatefertilise
  3. introduce semen into (a female)Synonyms: inseminatefecundatefertilise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fertilize \Fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fertilizing.] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]

1.To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows. [1913 Webster]

And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain.— Byron.[1913 Webster]

2.To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace. [1913 Webster]

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