Fertilized

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain.
                                                    --Byron.
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     2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fertilized \fertilized\ adj.
     1. united with a male gamete to begin the development of an
        individual embryo; -- of female gametes.
  
     Syn: impregnated, inseminated.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. made more suitable for growth of crops by addition of
        fertilizer[2]; -- of soil.
  
     Syn: enriched.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fertilized
       adj : made pregnant [syn: {fertilised}, {impregnated}, {inseminated}]