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  • 11fructify — I. v. a. Fertilize, make fruitful. II. v. n. Be fruitful, bear fruit, bring forth fruit, bear, be productive …

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  • 12fructify — fruc•ti•fy [[t]ˈfrʌk təˌfaɪ, ˈfrʊk , ˈfruk [/t]] v. fied, fy•ing 1) bot to bear fruit; become fruitful 2) to make fruitful or productive; fertilize • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < OF fructifier < L frūctificāre …

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  • 13fecundate — v.tr. 1 make fruitful. 2 = FERTILIZE. Derivatives: fecundation n. Etymology: L fecundare f. fecundus fruitful …

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  • 14fe´cun|da´tion — fe|cun|date «FEE kuhn dayt, FEHK uhn », transitive verb, dat|ed, dat|ing. 1. to make fruitful or productive. 2. Biology. to fertilize. ╂[< Latin fēcundāre (with English ate1) < fēcundus fecund, fruitful] …

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  • 15fe|cun|date — «FEE kuhn dayt, FEHK uhn », transitive verb, dat|ed, dat|ing. 1. to make fruitful or productive. 2. Biology. to fertilize. ╂[< Latin fēcundāre (with English ate1) < fēcundus fecund, fruitful] …

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  • 16fertilize — [v] make ready to bear, produce beget, breed, compost, cover, dress, enrich, fecundate, feed, fructify, generate, germinate, impregnate, inseminate, lime, make fruitful, make pregnant, manure, mulch, pollinate, procreate, propagate, top dress,… …

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  • 17impregnate — [im preg′nāt΄; ] for adj. [, im preg′nit, im preg′nāt΄] vt. impregnated, impregnating [< LL impraegnatus, pp. of impraegnare, to make pregnant < L in , in + praegnans, PREGNANT] 1. to fertilize (an ovum) 2. to make pregnant 3. to fertilize… …

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  • 18im|preg|nate — «ihm PREHG nayt», verb, nat|ed, nat|ing, adjective. –v.t. 1. to make pregnant; fertilize. 2. a) to spread through the whole of; fill (with); …

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  • 19Fertilize — 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… …

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  • 20Fertilized — 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 …

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