fertilize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
    feed; fertilise.
    • We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
  2. verb make fertile or productive
    fertilise; fecundate.
    • The course fertilized her imagination
  3. verb introduce semen into (a female)
    fertilise; fecundate; inseminate.

WordNet

Fer"ti*lize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. fertiliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fertilized ; present participle & verbal noun Fertilizing
Definitions
  1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows.
    And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. Byron.
  2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. A. R. Wallace.

Webster 1913