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fertilized

fertilized is the simple past and past participle of fertilize.

Meaning of fertilize

Verb

fertilize (third-person singular simple present fertilizes, present participle fertilizing, simple past and past participle fertilized)

  1. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  2. (figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
    • to fertilize one's imagination
  3. To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

Words formed from fertilized

Questions about fertilized

What is fertilized the simple past and past participle of?
Fertilized is the simple past and past participle of fertilize.

Words near fertilized in the dictionary

  1. fertilizable
  2. fertilization
  3. fertilizational
  4. fertilizations
  5. fertilize
  6. fertilized
  7. fertilizer
  8. fertilizers
  9. fertilizes
  10. fertilizin
  11. fertilizing

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