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English Dictionary: fecundate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fecundate
v
  1. make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
    Synonym(s): fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
  2. introduce semen into (a female)
    Synonym(s): inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fecundate \Fec"un*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fecundated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Fecundating}.] [L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See
      {Fecund}.]
      1. To make fruitful or prolific. --W. Montagu.
  
      2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as,
            in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the
            stigma.
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