inseminatev.
/ɪnˈsɛmɪneɪt/ 1. transitive. To sow in; to cast in as seed. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)]
sowc1000
besowc1175
inseminate1623
to put in1657
sprain1744
shed1770
to get in1771
seminate1796
broadcast1807
seed1814
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inseminate, to sowe.
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 221 That Law of Nature..which is so far inseminated in the hearts of all.
1849 Knife & Fork 78 He will inevitably..inseminate in the minds of his friends a suspicion on the score of his religion.
1886 B. F. Barrett in N. F. Ravlin Progress. Thoughts Great Subj. App. 118 The old falsities are to be uprooted, and the new truths inseminated.
2. To impregnate with semen, by natural or artificial means.
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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
1923 Vet. Jrnl. 79 172 The application of artificial insemination on fox-farms could give a new impetus to the development of this industry... One male could easily inseminate twenty and more females.
1943 Lancet 7 Aug. 176/2 To avoid the dangers of in-breeding..the Jockey Club allowed no thorough-bred to be inseminated except by the covering stallion.
1958 Times 17 Nov. 15/6 They will now go to A.I. centres and will be used to inseminate a number of Friesian..cows.
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