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† ferˈtilitate, v. Obs. [f. next, after debilitate.] trans. To render fertile, fertilize.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1638) 193 A sweet rivolet playes..through the Towne, fertilitating the..Gardens. 1650Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxviii. (ed. 2) 151 A Cock will in one day fertilitate the whole..cluster of egges. Hence † ferˈtilitating ppl. a.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. vii. 352 From whence..wee cannot inferre a fertilitating [printed fertiliating; corrected in ed. 1658] condition or property of fecundation. |