fertilize

fertilize
    v 1: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should
         fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn:
         {fertilize}, {fertilise}, {feed}]
    2: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her
       imagination" [syn: {fertilize}, {fecundate}, {fertilise}]
    3: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: {inseminate},
       {fecundate}, {fertilize}, {fertilise}]
    

Fertilize \Fer"ti*lize\, 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.
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            And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain.
                                                  --Byron.
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   2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "fertilize":
      backset, compost, cross-fertilize, cross-pollen, cross-pollinate,
      cross-pollinize, cultivate, culture, cut, delve, dig, dress,
      enrich, fallow, fatten, fecundate, fecundify, feed, force,
      fructify, get with child, get with young, harrow, hoe, impregnate,
      inseminate, list, manure, mulch, nourish, plow, pollen, pollinate,
      pollinize, prolificate, prune, rake, spade, spermatize, thin,
      thin out, till, till the soil, weed, weed out, work