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71fetus — late 14c., the young while in the womb or egg, from L. fetus (often, incorrectly, foetus) the bearing, bringing forth, or hatching of young, from Latin base *fe to generate, bear, also to suck, suckle (see FECUND (Cf. fecund)). In Latin, fetus… …
72filial — late 14c., from M.Fr. filial, from L.L. filialis of a son or daughter, from L. filius son, filia daughter, possibly from a suffixed form of PIE root *bheue to be, exist, grow (see BE (Cf. be)), though *dhe(i) to suck, suckle (see FECUND …
73pregnant — [adj1] carrying developing offspring within the body abundant, anticipating, carrying a child, enceinte, expectant, expecting*, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, gestating, gravid, heavy, hopeful, in family way*, parous, parturient, preggers*,… …
74felicity — [14] Felicity and its relatives felicitous [18] and felicitate [17] all come ultimately from Latin fēlīx. This originally meant ‘fruitful’ (it is probably related to English fecund and foetus) but by classical times had progressed semantically… …
75foetus — [14] Foetus comes from Latin fētus ‘giving birth, offspring’, which also gave English fawn ‘young deer’. It was a noun use of the adjective fētus ‘pregnant, productive’, from whose derivative effētus English got effete. Probably it was related to …
76fecundate — [fē′kən dāt΄, fek′əndāt΄] vt. fecundated, fecundating [< L fecundatus, pp. of fecundare, to make fruitful < fecundus: see FECUND] 1. to make fecund 2. to fertilize; impregnate; pollinate fecundation n …
77fertile — [fʉrt′ l; fʉr′tīl΄] adj. [ME < OFr < L fertilis < stem of ferre, BEAR1] 1. producing abundantly; rich in resources or invention; fruitful; prolific 2. causing or helping fertility [the sun s fertile warmth] 3. able to produce young,… …
78fecundity — noun 1. the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fruitfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fecund • Hypernyms: ↑creativity, ↑creativeness, ↑ …
79fe|cund — «FEE kuhnd, FEHK uhnd», adjective. 1. able to produce much; fruitful; productive; fertile: »Edison had a fecund mind. 2. capable of producing offspring or vegetable growth abundantly; prolific: »the fecund earth of the tropical jungles. ╂[<… …
80Fecundate — Fec un*date, 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,… …
