fecundate en · VERB
Etymology
From Latin fecundātus, perfect passive participle of fecundō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, fecund + -ate. Compare French féconder.
Meanings
- To make fertile.
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To inseminate.
The pollen of plants is the fecundating power, and consists of a number of small sacs, invisible to the naked eye, in which a fluid exists, which is analogous to the spermatic fluid in man and animals.
1837, Michael Ryan, The Philosophy of Marriage, in Its Social, Moral, and Physical Relations; with an Account of the Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs which Impair or Destroy the Reproductive Function; and Induce a Variety of Complaints; with the Physiology of Generation in the Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms …, London: John Churchill, Princes' Street, Soho, →OCLC, page 210:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fecundated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fecundated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fecundating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fecundates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (16)
fr féconder (to make fertile) · es fecundizar (to make fertile) · ro fecunda (to make fertile) · es fecundar (to make fertile) · bg правя плодовит (to make fertile) · bg оплождам (to inseminate) · ru оплодотвори́ть (to inseminate) · ga toirchigh (to inseminate) · es inseminar (to inseminate) · ca fecundar (to inseminate) · es fecundizar (to inseminate) · fr féconder (to inseminate) · es fecundar (to inseminate) · ru де́лать плодоро́дным (to make fertile) · ru оплодотворя́ть (to inseminate) · sv befrukta (to inseminate)