fecundate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   formal: to make an organism, egg, or reproductive structure fertile; to fertilize or impregnate

   Pollen from a compatible plant can fecundate the ovule and initiate seed development.

2. 2
   verb

   formal or figurative: to make something productive or creative

   The exchange of ideas fecundated research in both laboratories.

From Latin fecundatus, the past participle of fecundare, 'to make fruitful,' from fecundus, 'fruitful or fertile.' It is a formal relative of fecund and fecundity.

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