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fecundation|fɛ-, fiːkənˈdeɪʃən|
[n. of action f. L. fēcundāre: see prec. and -ation.]
The process of fecundating; fertilization, impregnation.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Or that ye make fecondacyon. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. vii. 350 A common conceit, that Rachel requested these plants as a medicine of fecundation. 1721Bradley Wks. Nature 31 This Fecundation is done by the help of the Wind, which conveys the prolifick Dust into the Tubes of the Pestils. 1851Carpenter Man. Phys. (ed. 2) 486 Every⁓thing indicates that the contact of the Spermatozoon with the Ovulum is the one thing needful in the act of fecundation. |