fecundate

• Verbe signifiant rendre fertile ou productif ; féconder, en particulier dans un contexte biologique.

A verb meaning to make fertile or productive; to fertilize, especially in a biological context.

1. To make fertileC1formalscientific

   To enrich or make something productive, especially soil or land.

   Rendre fertile

   • Farmers use natural compost to fecundate the fields.
   • The river's annual flood helps fecundate the surrounding plains.
   • Certain bacteria fecundate the soil by fixing nitrogen.

   Synonymesenrichfertilizeimpregnatenourish

   Antonymesdepleteexhauststerilize

2. To inseminateC1formalmedical

   To introduce sperm into a female or an egg to cause fertilization.

   Féconder (inséminer)

   • The veterinarian fecundated the mare using artificial insemination.
   • Bees fecundate flowers by transferring pollen.
   • In vitro techniques can fecundate an egg outside the body.

   Synonymesfertilizeimpregnateinseminate