Also spelled fertilise, fertilised, fertilises, and fertilising
verb
Freq #34080
Meanings
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1
verb
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants.
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2
verb
make fertile or productive
The course fertilized the student's imagination.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
verb
· provide with fertilizers or...
feed
2
verb
· make fertile or productive
fecundate
More
impregnate
Word family
Forms
fertilizedfertilizesfertilizing
Derived forms
biofertilizecross-fertilizedefertilizefertigationfertilizablefertilizationfertilizerfertilizinmisfertilizenonfertilizedoverfertilizepostfertilized
Etymology
From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.