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fertilize

C2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

Also spelled fertilise, fertilised, fertilises, and fertilising

US /ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz/
Freq #34080

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

    We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants.

  2. 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
Related forms fertilenessfertility

Etymology

From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.

Topics

Cause, Change & Process Word Formation & Derivatives

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