*fecund*

a. [ L. fecundus, from the root of fetus: cf. F. fécond. see Fetus. ] Fruitful in children; prolific. Graunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fecundated p. pr. & vb. n. Fecundating ] [ L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See Fecund. ] 1. To make fruitful or prolific. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fécondation. ] (Biol.) The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Fecund + -fy. ] To make fruitful; to fecundate. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fecunditas: cf. F. fécondité. See Fecund. ] 1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power of germinating; as in seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infecundus: cf. F. infécond. See In- not, and Fecund. ] Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. infecunditas: cf. F. infécondité. ] Lack of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Infecund. ] Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the ovum undergoes before fecundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to prefecundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by two different acts of coition. [ 1913 Webster ]