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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fertilize \Fer"ti*lize\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
fertilized \fertilized\ adjective
1. united with a male gamete to begin the development of an individual embryo; -- of female gametes.
Syn: impregnated, inseminated. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. made more suitable for growth of crops by addition of fertilizer[2]; -- of soil.
Syn: enriched. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fertilized
adjective: made pregnant [syn: {fertilised}, {impregnated}, {inseminated}]
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