"fecundate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fecundates [present, singular, third-person], fecundating [participle, present], fecundated [participle, past], fecundated [past]
Etymology: fecund + -ate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fecund|ate}} fecund + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} fecundate (third-person singular simple present fecundates, present participle fecundating, simple past and past participle fecundated)
  1. To make fertile. Translations (to make fertile): правя плодовит (pravja plodovit) (Bulgarian), féconder (French), fecunda (Romanian), де́лать плодоро́дным (délatʹ plodoródnym) [imperfective] (Russian), fecundar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fecundate-en-verb-GAF-J1SJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'to make fertile': 100 0
  2. To inseminate. Translations (to inseminate): оплождам (oploždam) (Bulgarian), fecundar (Catalan), féconder (French), toirchigh (Irish), оплодотворя́ть (oplodotvorjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оплодотвори́ть (oplodotvorítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), fecundar (Spanish), befrukta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fecundate-en-verb-RMtkpxW8 Disambiguation of 'to inseminate': 0 100

Inflected forms

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