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Definition of fecundate in English: fecundateverb ˈfiːk(ə)ndeɪtˈfɛk(ə)ndeɪtˈfɛkənˌdeɪt [with object]archaic 1Fertilize. 〈古〉使受精(或受孕) there were no insects to fecundate flowering plants 没有昆虫为开花植物授粉。 Example sentencesExamples - They used to fecundate their palm-trees in order to make them more fruitful.
Synonyms add fertilizer to, enrich with fertilizer, feed, mulch, compost, manure, dung, dress, top-dress impregnate, inseminate pollinate, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, make fruitful - 1.1literary Make fruitful.
〈诗/文〉使多产;使富有成果(或成效) he actuates and fecundates our souls 他拨动着我们的心弦,充实着我们的灵魂。 Example sentencesExamples - While McKinney's fecundating prose absolutely shimmers with style, his tendencies toward self-indulgence, exaggeration, and excess ultimately undo the volume's many promising strands of thought.
- By 1784 he was describing in plaintive terms how the English were constantly making new discoveries: ‘The whole of nature is unceasingly studied, requested, worked upon, fecundated, husbanded.’
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin fecundat- 'made fruitful', from the verb fecundare, from fecundus 'fruitful'. Definition of fecundate in US English: fecundateverbˈfɛkənˌdeɪtˈfekənˌdāt [with object]archaic 1Fertilize. 〈古〉使受精(或受孕) there were no insects to fecundate flowering plants 没有昆虫为开花植物授粉。 Example sentencesExamples - They used to fecundate their palm-trees in order to make them more fruitful.
Synonyms add fertilizer to, enrich with fertilizer, feed, mulch, compost, manure, dung, dress, top-dress impregnate, inseminate pollinate, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, make fruitful - 1.1literary Make fruitful.
〈诗/文〉使多产;使富有成果(或成效) he actuates and fecundates our souls 他拨动着我们的心弦,充实着我们的灵魂。 Example sentencesExamples - By 1784 he was describing in plaintive terms how the English were constantly making new discoveries: ‘The whole of nature is unceasingly studied, requested, worked upon, fecundated, husbanded.’
- While McKinney's fecundating prose absolutely shimmers with style, his tendencies toward self-indulgence, exaggeration, and excess ultimately undo the volume's many promising strands of thought.
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin fecundat- ‘made fruitful’, from the verb fecundare, from fecundus ‘fruitful’. |