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fertilize

[ fur-tl-ahyz ]

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verb (used with object)

, fer·ti·lized, fer·ti·liz·ing.

Biology.
1. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete.
2. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
to make fertile; enrich:
to fertilize farmland.
to make productive.

fertilize

/ ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz /

to provide (an animal, plant, or egg cell) with sperm or pollen to bring about fertilization
to supply (soil or water) with mineral and organic nutrients to aid the growth of plants
to make fertile or productive

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ferti·liza·ble adjective
ferti·liza·bili·ty noun
over·ferti·lize verb (used with object) overfertilized overfertilizing
pre·ferti·lize verb (used with object) prefertilized prefertilizing
re·ferti·liza·ble adjective
re·ferti·lize verb (used with object) refertilized refertilizing
un·ferti·liza·ble adjective
un·ferti·lized adjective
un·ferti·lizing adjective

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First recorded in 1640–50; fertile + -ize

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The animals proved to be a great attraction as well as a handy way to fertilize the grass and keep it short.

Some is sold as a liming agent, and some is disposed of in landfills (though it used to be sent to Colorado to fertilize crops).

Their byproduct is used to organically fertilize the food, while the plants naturally clean the fish tanks.

I fertilize them and I shower them, but they stubbornly refuse to do well.

German laws, German language, German civilization are to find no ground for replenishing, no soil to fertilize and make rich.

This is one of the consequences of the Nubians depending upon the overflow of the Nile to fertilize their soil.

This is the most effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich man's fields by the sweat of the poor man's brow.

The fountains of sympathy, of gratitude, of love, were opened; might not these waters prove sufficient to fertilize a life?

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