ovulate

Verb

ovulate (third-person singular simple present ovulates, present participle ovulating, simple past and past participle ovulated)

1. (intransitive) To produce eggs or ova.
   • Other studies have shown that women living near the equator have a marked tendency to ovulate during the full moon.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96

Adjective

IPA/ˈɒvjʊlət/

ovulate (not comparable)

1. Containing, or bearing, an ovule.
   • Ovulate flowers are usually isolated by enclosing them individually or in clusters in pollenproof bags […]1948, W. C. Cumming, Francis Irving Righter, Methods Used to Control Pollination of Pines in the Sierra Nevada of California, page 3