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Vinony

fecundate

verb

  1. inseminate/pollenate, cause to be fruitful
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: From Latin fecundātus, perfect passive participle of fecundō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, fecund + -ate. Compare French féconder.

  1. To make fertile.
  2. To inseminate.

    “The pollen of plants is the fecundating power, and consists of a number of small sacs, invisible to the naked eye, in which a fluid exists, which is analogous to the spermatic fluid in man and animals.”