semination

American  

[sem-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌsɛm əˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

1. a sowing or impregnating; dissemination.

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semination British  

/ ˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. rare the production, dispersal, or sowing of seed

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Etymology

Origin of semination

1525–35; < Latin sēminātiōn- (stem of sēminātiō ), equivalent to sēmināt ( us ) (past participle of sēmināre to sow, derivative of sēmen seed, semen ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

There is only one cure for such a condition and that is the nation-wide dis- semination of facts and information— facts and information obviously accurate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Galen, Avicenna, and Aquinas recognized, indeed, that such feminine semination was not necessary; Sanchez, however, was doubtful, while Suarez and Zacchia, following Hippocrates, regarded it as necessary.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock

But there is a correspondence with conjugial love, semination, prolification, the love of infants, and similar things which exist in marriages, and are derived from them.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel