Fer"ti*lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fertilizing (?).] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]
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.
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