Definition of "fertilised" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of fertilise. (verb)

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• "The egg is thereupon said to be "fertilised" -- that is to say, "rendered fertile.""
• "The infertility which may be observed in various dimorphic and trimorphic plants, when they are illegitimately fertilised, that is by pollen taken from stamens not corresponding in height with the pistil, differs much in degree, up to absolute and utter sterility; just in the same manner as occurs in crossing distinct species."
• "Three ships tracked the fate of carbon in a 15-Kilometre-square patch of ocean within the Antarctic Circle that had been 'fertilised' with iron fillings."