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Fertilize

//ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  2. 2
    introduce semen into (a female) wordnet
  3. 3
    To make more creative or intellectually productive. figuratively

    "to fertilize one's imagination"

  4. 4
    provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
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  1. 6
    make fertile or productive wordnet

Etymology

From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.

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