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fertilizes

fertilizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about fertilizes

What is fertilizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fertilizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fertilize.

Words near fertilizes in the dictionary

  1. fertilizations
  2. fertilize
  3. fertilized
  4. fertilizer
  5. fertilizers
  6. fertilizes
  7. fertilizin
  8. fertilizing
  9. fertiloscope
  10. fertiloscopes
  11. fertiloscopic

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