Verb
- 1. fertilize, fertilise, feed, enrich
- usage: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
- 2. fertilize, fecundate, fertilise, change, alter, modify
- usage: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
- 3. inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise, change, alter, modify
- usage: introduce semen into (a female)
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