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fecundate
[fee-kuhn-deyt, fek-uhn-]
verb (used with object)
to make prolific or fruitful.
Biology.to impregnate or fertilize.
fecundate
/ fɪˈkʌndətərɪ, ˈfɛk-, -trɪ, ˈfiːkənˌdeɪt /
verb
to make fruitful
to fertilize; impregnate
Other Word Forms
- fecundation noun
- fecundator noun
- fecundatory adjective
- prefecundation noun
- unfecundated adjective
- ˈڱܲˌ岹ٴǰ noun
- ˌڱܲˈ岹پDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fecundate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of fecundate1
Example Sentences
Generation after generation, built only to breed, to consume and fecundate; and finally to be consumed themselves, when their reproductive cycles wither.
No. Defy the monsters, prod the phoenix, bury pignuts, come forward magical, fecundate freedom, build, levy songs.
The primitive lineaments of organization may be traced in the egg, even before it is fecundated.
How is the extremely complex human body with its various physical characteristics built up from the nucleus of a fecundated cell, the ovum?
Pollen, pol′en, n. the fertilising powder contained in the anthers of flowers: the male or fecundating element in flowers.—v.t. to cover with pollen.—adj.
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