Fecundate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as,
        in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the
        stigma.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fecundate
       v 1: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her
            imagination" [syn: {fertilize}, {fertilise}]
       2: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: {inseminate}, {fertilize},
           {fertilise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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