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Webster 1913 Edition


Fertilitate

Fer-til′i-tate

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Verb.
T.
To fertilize; to fecundate.
Sir T. Browne.

Definition 2024


fertilitate

fertilitate

English

Verb

fertilitate (third-person singular simple present fertilitates, present participle fertilitating, simple past and past participle fertilitated)

  1. (rare, obsolete) To make fertile; to fertilize.
    • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, II:
      a sweet rivolet playes wantonly in two streames through the Towne, fertilitating the Groves and Gardens [...].

Latin

Noun

fertilitāte

  1. ablative singular of fertilitas

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin fertilitas through French fertilité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fer.ti.liˈta.te]

Noun

fertilitate f (uncountable)

  1. fertility

Declension