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fer⋅ti⋅lize

[fur-tl-ahyz]
–verb (used with object), -lized, -liz⋅ing.
1. Biology.
a. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete.
b. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
2. to make fertile; enrich: to fertilize farmland.
3. to make productive.
Also, especially British, fer⋅ti⋅lise.


Origin:
1640–50; fertile + -ize


fer⋅ti⋅liz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fer⋅ti⋅liz⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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