[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fertilize \fer"tilize\, v. t. imp.  p. p. fertilized; p.
   pr.  vb. n. fertilizing. cf. f. fertiliser.
   1. to make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for
      plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize
      land, soil, ground, and meadows.
      1913 webster

            and fertilize the field that each pretends to gain.
                                                  --byron.
      1913 webster

   2. to fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --a. r. wallace.
      1913 webster
see also:
fertilized fertilizing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fertilize
     v 1: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "we should
          fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" syn:
          fertilise, feed
     2: make fertile or productive; "the course fertilized her
        imagination" syn: fecundate, fertilise
     3: introduce semen into a female syn: inseminate, fecundate,
         fertilise
see also:
fertilise feed fecundate inseminate 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

46 moby thesaurus words for "fertilize":
   backset, compost, cross-fertilize, cross-pollen, cross-pollinate,
   cross-pollinize, cultivate, culture, cut, delve, dig, dress,
   enrich, fallow, fatten, fecundate, fecundify, feed, force,
   fructify, get with child, get with young, harrow, hoe, impregnate,
   inseminate, list, manure, mulch, nourish, plow, pollen, pollinate,
   pollinize, prolificate, prune, rake, spade, spermatize, thin,
   thin out, till, till the soil, weed, weed out, work

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