Definitions for: Fertilize


[v] introduce semen into (a female)
[v] provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; in agriculture and gardening; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
[v] make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain.
--Byron.

2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace.

Synonyms: fecundate, fecundate, feed, fertilise, fertilise, inseminate

See Also: alter, alter, bang up, change, change, cross-fertilise, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate, dung, enrich, impregnate, knock up, nitrify, pollenate, pollinate, prang up, stratify, topdress

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