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inseminate

in·se·mi·nate

UK/ɪnˈsɛmɪneɪt/ US/ˌɪˈnsɛmʌˌneɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

place seeds in or on (the ground)

  • “sow the ground with sunflower seeds”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin inseminātus, the perfect passive participle of insemināre (“to sow”). By surface analysis, in- + seminate.

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