fertilize
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Alternative forms
- fertilise (mostly British)
[edit] Verb
fertilize (third-person singular simple present fertilizes, present participle fertilizing, simple past and past participle fertilized)
- To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
- (figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
- to fertilize one's imagination
- To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
[edit] Translations
to make fertile by adding nutrients
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to make creative or productive
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to inseminate
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[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Verb
fertilize
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb fertilizar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb fertilizar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb fertilizar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb fertilizar.
Categories:
- English words suffixed with -ize
- English verbs
- Portuguese verb forms
- Portuguese forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese verb subjunctive forms
- Portuguese verb first-person forms
- Portuguese verb singular forms
- Portuguese verb present forms
- Portuguese verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb imperative forms
- Portuguese verb affirmative forms
- Portuguese verb negative forms
