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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FER'TILIZING, ppr.
1. Enriching; making fruitful or productive. The Connecticut overflows the adjacent meadows, fertilizing them by depositing fine particles of earth or vegetable substances.
2. a. Enriching; furnishing the nutriment of plants.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Fertilize Fer"ti*lize, 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. And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. --Byron. 2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. --A. R. Wallace.
