Dictionary entry

Fecundate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fec″un‐date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fecundated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fecundating (?).] [L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See Fecund.] 1. To make fruitful or prolific. W. Montagu.

2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.