Meanings
verbfertilitate (third-person singular simple present fertilitates, present participle fertilitating, simple past and past participle fertilitated)
present singular third person fertilitates · participle present fertilitating · participle past fertilitated · past fertilitated
- obsoleterareTo make fertile; to fertilize.
a sweet rivolet playes wantonly in two streames through the Towne, fertilitating the Groves and Gardens
1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II
Origin
From fertility, with change of suffix after debilitate.
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APA
fertilitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fertilitate
MLA
“fertilitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fertilitate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fertilitate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fertilitate.
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