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What does fertilize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word fertilize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  2. (figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
  3. To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
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Young rams fertilize ewes using coursing tactics, whose success is independent of their dominance rank.
Then the doctor would surgically extract the eggs from the ovary, fertilize them, and reinsert them into the womb.
Sperm from the same male could be used to fertilize eggs from several females and vice versa.
Many rosarians begin a fertilizer program with new growth in the spring, then fertilize monthly or lightly every two weeks until September.
The amendments apply to livestock producers and farmers using livestock manure to fertilize crops.
Nonfertile eggs are produced if there is no male to fertilize, but these eggs will not hatch.

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