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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
/ -trɪ; ˈfɛk-; ˈfiːkənˌdeɪt; fɪˈkʌndətərɪ /
verb
- to make fruitful
- to fertilize; impregnate
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Derived Forms
- fecundatory, adjective
- ˌfecunˈdation, noun
- ˈfecunˌdator, noun
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Other Words From
- fecun·dation noun
- fecun·dator noun
- fe·cun·da·to·ry [fi-, kuhn, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- prefe·cun·dation noun
- un·fecun·dated adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fecundate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fecundate1
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Example Sentences
But instinct is routine, and if thought did not fecundate it, it would no more progress in man than in the bee or ant.
If we would fecundate them, we must take them as a kind of material of universal truths.
How could one fecundate the universal doubt so that it should give birth to a new faith?
He speaks by his arts, which might fecundate our human inventions.
It is necessary that the male cephalopode fecundate the female.
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