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fecundate

[fee-kuhn-deyt, fek-uhn-] / ˈfi kənˌdeɪt, ˈfɛk ən- /


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No. Defy the monsters, prod the phoenix, bury pig­nuts, come forward magical, fecundate freedom, build, levy songs.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

His mind had one notable quality in common with Emerson's—the capacity to fecundate every other mind with which it came into close contact.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

Every human being has a moment when his heart is easily touched, when the tears of grief will flow; and those tears may fecundate a generous thought which might lead to repentance.

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah

V. make productive &c. adj.; fructify; procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative†, impregnate; fecundate, fecundify†; teem, multiply; produce &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

The sun is the agent of the generative power of the sky, and his beams fecundate the earth, so that from her all life is produced.

From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Besant, Annie Wood