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Fertilise

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Verb

1. fecundate, fertilise, fertilize

make fertile or productive

Example Sentences:
'The course fertilized her imagination'

2. feed, fertilise, fertilize

provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

Example Sentences:
'We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants'

3. fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate

introduce semen into (a female)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Fertilise

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to provide (an animal, plant, or egg cell) with sperm or pollen to bring about fertilization
2. 
to supply (soil or water) with mineral and organic nutrients to aid the growth of plants
3. 
to make fertile or productive

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Fertilise

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verb transitiveWord forms: ferˈtilˌized or ferˈtilˌizing
1. 
to make fertile; make fruitful or productive; enrich
nitrates fertilize soil
2. 
to spread fertilizer on
3.  Biology
to make (the female reproductive cell or female individual) fruitful by pollinating, or impregnating, with the male gamete

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