Meaning & use

Fecundate

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To make fertile; to fertilize or impregnate.

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Bees fecundate flowers as they move from bloom to bloom collecting nectar.

The biologist studied how the eggs are fecundated shortly after release.

A note on using this word

"Fecundate" shares its root with "fecund," meaning fruitful or highly fertile, from the Latin fecundus.

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sterilize

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