fecundatev.
/ˈfɛk(ə)ndeɪt/, /ˈfiːk(ə)ndeɪt/, U.S. /ˈfɛk(ə)nˌdeɪt/, /ˈfik(ə)nˌdeɪt/ a. transitive. To render fruitful or productive.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > render productive [verb (transitive)]
fertile1628
fecundatea1631
impregnate1667
increase1697
fecundize1828
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 93 He..actuates, and fecundates our soules.
1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. iv. 77 These meditations..may..fecundate ev'n the best mould they fall upon.
1851 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 80 Paradise..is fœcundated With the waters irrigated From these streams.
1863 Jrnl. Pract. Med. & Surg. Oct. Fresh researches may possibly fecundate this ingenious application.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 203 Even the Trouvères..could fecundate a great poet like Chaucer.
b. esp. To make the female (individual or organ) fruitful by the introduction of the male element; to impregnate.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)]
geta1375
to beget with childa1393
impregn?c1550
season1555
enwomb1590
knock1598
with-child1605
fill1607
fertilitate1638
ingravidate1642
impregnate1646
improlificate1646
prolificate1650
pregnant1660
pregnate1686
fecundate1721
fecundify1736
to knock up1813
to put in the family way1898
inseminate1923
to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936
stork1936
to put in the way1960
1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 31 Guarded with Petals or other Membranes; and yet are fecundated by the Dust of Male Flowers.
1781–7 Bp. R. Watson Chem. Ess. V. 144 The eastern practice of fœcundating the female palm tree.
1796 De Serra in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 503 The germen..is probably fecundated through its receptaculum.
1799 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 203 Nature has something more in view, than that its own proper males should fecundate each blossom.
Derivatives
ˈfecundated adj.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > [adjective]
conceivinga1382
impregnate1540
knit1603
impregnated1789
fecundated1796
concipient1812
1796 De Serra in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 502 Which opens itself afterwards to let loose the fecundated seeds.
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 259 The heart is the first visible object in the punctum saliens of the fecundated egg.
1872 E. R. Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 12 The fecundated ovum increases in size while traversing the oviduct.
ˈfecundating n.
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a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. ii. 300 The Fecundating Principle.
ˈfecundating adj.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [adjective]
fertilitating1646
fecundating1721
fecundatory1839
impregnatory1857
fertilizational1888
impregnational1888
1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 101 It must necessarily happen that the fecundating Spirit is dissipated.
1813 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 90 452 This fecundating force, this power of prompting efforts at reproduction is possessed by every writer.
1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish i. 39 The fecundating material itself is a thickish fluid.
1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Fecundating corpuscles, the spermatozoa. Fecundating dust, the pollen of plants.
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