fertilize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fertilize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fertilize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fertilize v provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" Synonym(s): fertilize, fertilise, feed make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination" Synonym(s): fertilize, fecundate, fertilise introduce semen into (a female) Synonym(s): inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fertilize \Fer"tilize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fertilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fertilizing}.] [Cf. F. fertiliser.] 1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize* land, soil, ground, and meadows. And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. --Byron. 2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace.