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Fertilize
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.