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fecundate

[ fee-kuhn-deyt, fek-uhn- ]

verb (used with object)

fecundated, fecundating.
  1. to make prolific or fruitful.
  2. Biology. to impregnate or fertilize.


fecundate

/ fɪˈkʌndətərɪ; ˈfɛk-; -trɪ; ˈfiːkənˌdeɪt /

verb

  1. to make fruitful
  2. to fertilize; impregnate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • fecundatory, adjective
  • ˈڱ𳦳ܲˌ岹ٴǰ, noun
  • ˌڱ𳦳ܲˈ岹پDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڱcܲ·岹tDz noun
  • ڱcܲ·岹tǰ noun
  • ڱ·ܲ·岹·ٴ· [fi-, kuhn, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
  • Э·ܲ·岹tDz noun
  • ܲ·ڱcܲ·岹e adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fecundate1

1625–35; < Latin ŧܲԻٳܲ made fruitful, fertilized (past participle of ŧܲԻ ). See fecund, -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fecundate1

C17: from Latin ŧܲԻ to fertilize
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Generation after generation, built only to breed, to consume and fecundate; and finally to be consumed themselves, when their reproductive cycles wither.

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No. Defy the monsters, prod the phoenix, bury pig­nuts, come forward magical, fecundate freedom, build, levy songs.

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The primitive lineaments of organization may be traced in the egg, even before it is fecundated.

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How is the extremely complex human body with its various physical characteristics built up from the nucleus of a fecundated cell, the ovum?

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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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