English Explanatory Dictionary

fertilize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  2. To make more creative or intellectually productive.
  3. To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz/ En-us-fertilize.ogg

Word forms

fertilize fertilizes fertilizing fertilized fertilise

Etymology

From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.

Derived words

biofertilize cross-fertilize defertilize fertigation fertilizable fertilization fertilizer fertilizin misfertilize nonfertilized overfertilize postfertilized refertilize underfertilize unfertilized
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