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fecundate

fe·cun·date

uncommon

verb

1.

make fertile or productive

  • “The course fertilized her imagination”
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Origin

From Latin fecundātus, perfect passive participle of fecundō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, fecund + -ate. Compare French féconder.

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