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Webster 1913 Edition


Fecundate

Fec′un-date

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fecundated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fecundating
.]
[L.
fecundare
, fr.
fecundus
. See
Fecund
.]
1.
To make fruitful or prolific.
W. Montagu.
2.
(Biol.)
To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate;
as, in flowers the pollen
fecundates
the ovum through the stigma
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fecundate

FE'CUNDATE

, v.t.
1.
To make fruitful or prolific.
2.
To impregnate; as, the pollen of flowers fecundates the stigma.