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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fertilize \Fer"ti*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fertilized}; p. pr & vb n. {Fertilizing}.] [Cf. F. fertiliser.] 1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows. And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. --Byron. 2. To fecundate; as to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fertilize v 1: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to in agriculture and gardening; "We shoudl fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn: {feed}] 2: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination" 3: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: {inseminate}]
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