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fertilize

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Verb (transitive)
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fer=ti=lize
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CIDE DICTIONARY

fertilizev. t. [Cf. F. fertiliser.].
  •  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."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower.  A. R. Wallace.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fertilize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 make (soil etc.) fertile or productive.
2 cause (an egg, female animal, or plant) to develop a new individual by introducing male reproductive material.

Derivative
fertilizable adj. fertilizer n.

THESAURUS

fertilize

backset, compost, cross-fertilize, cross-pollen, cross-pollinate, cross-pollinize, cultivate, culture, cut, delve, dig, dress, enrich, fallow, fatten, fecundate, fecundify, feed, force, fructify, get with child, get with young, harrow, hoe, impregnate, inseminate, list, manure, mulch, nourish, plow, pollen, pollinate, pollinize, prolificate, prune, rake, spade, spermatize, thin, thin out, till, till the soil, weed, weed out, work

ROGET THESAURUS

fertilize

Productiveness

VB make productive, fructify, procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative, impregnate, fecundate, fecundify, teem, multiply, produce, conceive.


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