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fecundating

[fee-kuhn-deyt, fek-uhn-]

fe·cun·date

[fee-kuhn-deyt, fek-uhn-]
verb (used with object), -dat·ed, -dat·ing.
1.
to make prolific or fruitful.
2.
Biology. to impregnate or fertilize.

Origin:
1625–35; < Latin fēcundātus made fruitful, fertilized (past participle of fēcundāre). See fecund, -ate1

fe·cun·da·tion, noun
fe·cun·da·tor, noun
fe·cun·da·to·ry [fi-kuhn-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
pre·fe·cun·da·tion, noun
un·fe·cun·dat·ed, adjective
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