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单词 fecundate
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Definition of fecundate in English:

fecundate

verb ˈfiːk(ə)ndeɪtˈfɛk(ə)ndeɪtˈfɛkənˌdeɪt
[with object]archaic
  • 1Fertilize.

    there were no insects to fecundate flowering plants
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They used to fecundate their palm-trees in order to make them more fruitful.
    Synonyms
    add fertilizer to, enrich with fertilizer, feed, mulch, compost, manure, dung, dress, top-dress
    impregnate, inseminate
    pollinate, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, make fruitful
    1. 1.1literary Make fruitful.
      he actuates and fecundates our souls
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While McKinney's fecundating prose absolutely shimmers with style, his tendencies toward self-indulgence, exaggeration, and excess ultimately undo the volume's many promising strands of thought.
      • By 1784 he was describing in plaintive terms how the English were constantly making new discoveries: ‘The whole of nature is unceasingly studied, requested, worked upon, fecundated, husbanded.’

Derivatives

  • fecundation

  • noun fɛk(ə)nˈdeɪʃ(ə)nfiːk(ə)nˈdeɪʃ(ə)nˌfik(ə)nˈdeɪʃ(ə)n
    • The church ought to take existing traditional cultures more seriously, and work for their mutual fecundation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Revealed only in the son, fecundity continues to disguise itself as the fecundation of the lovers in difference.
      • This year the Italian Parliament passed a law obstructing stem cell research that was supposed to ‘protect’ women who are going through assisted fecundation.
      • A mutual fecundation of cultures is a human imperative of our times.
      • Scientist say that they need at least 20 white-flag dolphins to carry out artificial fecundation and ensure the quality of the offspring.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin fecundat- 'made fruitful', from the verb fecundare, from fecundus 'fruitful'.

 
 

Definition of fecundate in US English:

fecundate

verbˈfɛkənˌdeɪtˈfekənˌdāt
[with object]archaic
  • 1Fertilize.

    there were no insects to fecundate flowering plants
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They used to fecundate their palm-trees in order to make them more fruitful.
    Synonyms
    add fertilizer to, enrich with fertilizer, feed, mulch, compost, manure, dung, dress, top-dress
    impregnate, inseminate
    pollinate, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, make fruitful
    1. 1.1literary Make fruitful.
      he actuates and fecundates our souls
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By 1784 he was describing in plaintive terms how the English were constantly making new discoveries: ‘The whole of nature is unceasingly studied, requested, worked upon, fecundated, husbanded.’
      • While McKinney's fecundating prose absolutely shimmers with style, his tendencies toward self-indulgence, exaggeration, and excess ultimately undo the volume's many promising strands of thought.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin fecundat- ‘made fruitful’, from the verb fecundare, from fecundus ‘fruitful’.

 
 
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