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单词 foetification
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foetificationn.

Forms: 1700s fetification, 1700s–1800s foetification.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin foetification-, foetificatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin foetification-, foetificatio (1553 or earlier) < classical Latin fētificāt- , past participial stem of fētificāre to bring forth young, to breed ( < fētificus foetific adj.) + -iō -ion suffix1.
Obsolete.
Fertilization, impregnation.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [noun]
pregnation?a1425
seasoning1511
fecundation?1541
impregnation1605
fructifying1638
adosculation1682
foetification1720
fertilization1837
1720 Bibliotheca Biblica I. 659 Impregnation, or Fetification.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Foetification, a bringing forth fruit.
1847 London Med. Gaz. 5 194/2 De Graaf..has given the fullest and most accurate description which I have ever seen of the process of fœtification in the rabbit.
1890 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. J. von Sachs Hist. Bot. i. ii. 46 From this part in some degree the principle of fœtification (the formation of the seed) is derived.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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