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Definition of "fecundate" [fec•un•date]

  • To make fecund or fruitful. (verb-transitive)
  • To impregnate; fertilize. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fecundate" in a sentence
  • "#509 ::: Fragano Ledgister ::: view all by ::: March 05, 2010, 09:03 AM: "Catenate" is is my vocabulary, as is "fecundate"."
  • "I've met catenate, hyaline, and fecundate, just not often."
  • "We say, to fertilize (chiefly, however, when speaking of plants) or to fecundate an ovum, or to impregnate a female or woman, and to conceive a child."