fecundate

American  

[fee-kuhn-deyt, fek-uhn-] / ˈfi kənˌdeɪt, ˈfɛk ən- /

verb (used with object)

fecundated, fecundating

1. to make prolific or fruitful.

2. Biology. to impregnate or fertilize.

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fecundate British  

/ fɪˈkʌndətərɪ, ˈfɛk-, -trɪ, ˈfiːkənˌdeɪt /

verb

1. to make fruitful

2. to fertilize; impregnate

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Other Word Forms

• fecundation noun
• fecundator noun
• fecundatory adjective
• prefecundation noun
• unfecundated adjective

Etymology

Origin of fecundate

1625–35; < Latin fēcundātus made fruitful, fertilized (past participle of fēcundāre ). See fecund, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

The sun is the agent of the generative power of the sky, and his beams fecundate the earth, so that from her all life is produced.

From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Besant, Annie Wood

And then, if the religious sentiment is weakened, are there not other sentiments that can make the heart of man beat, and fecundate genius?

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor

And it is an ascertained fact, that wheat will not fecundate at all in a temperature which does not exceed 45°, accompanied with a gloomy atmosphere.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

V. make productive &c. adj.; fructify; procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative†, impregnate; fecundate, fecundify†; teem, multiply; produce &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark