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(fʉrt′'l īz′)

transitive verb fertilized, fertilizing

to make fertile; make fruitful or productive; enrich: nitrates fertilize soil
to spread fertilizer on
Biol. to make (the female reproductive cell or female individual) fruitful by pollinating, or impregnating, with the male gamete

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fertilizable adjective
fertilization noun

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verb fer·til·ized, fer·til·iz·ing, fer·til·iz·es

verb, transitive

To cause the fertilization of (an ovum, for example).
To make (soil, for example) fertile: Compost fertilizes the soil.
To spread fertilizer on: used a mechanical spreader to fertilize the lawn.

verb, intransitive

To spread fertilizer.

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ferˈtil·izˌa·ble adjective

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