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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fertilize, fecundate, fertiliseverb

    make fertile or productive

    "The course fertilized her imagination"

  2. fertilize, fertilise, feedverb

    provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

    "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"

  3. inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertiliseverb

    introduce semen into (a female)

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  1. fertilise

    Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a new individual organism or offspring and initiate its development. While processes such as insemination or pollination which happen before the fusion of gametes are also sometimes informally referred to as fertilisation, these are technically separate processes. The cycle of fertilisation and development of new individuals is called sexual reproduction. During double fertilisation in angiosperms the haploid male gamete combines with two haploid polar nuclei to form a triploid primary endosperm nucleus by the process of vegetative fertilisation.

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  1. fertilise

    Fertilise refers to the process of causing the growth or development of something, specifically through the fusion of male and female gametes (sperm and ovum) to form a zygote, leading to reproduction in animals or plants. It can also refer to the action of making the soil more fertile by adding suitable substances, typically in the form of manure or commercial fertilizers.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fertilise in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fertilise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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