fecundate v 1: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination" [syn: {fertilize}, {fecundate}, {fertilise}] 2: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: {inseminate}, {fecundate}, {fertilize}, {fertilise}]
Fecundate \Fec"un*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fecundated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fecundating}.] [L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See {Fecund}.] 1. To make fruitful or prolific. --W. Montagu. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma. [1913 Webster]
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "fecundate": cross-fertilize, cross-pollen, cross-pollinate, cross-pollinize, dress, enrich, fatten, fecundify, fertilize, fructify, get with child, get with young, impregnate, inseminate, manure, pollen, pollinate, pollinize, prolificate, spermatize