fertilizing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FER'TILIZING, participle present tense 1. Enriching; making fruitful or productive. The Connecticut overflows the adjacent meadows, fertilizing them by depositing fine particles of earth or vegetable substances. 2. adjective Enriching; furnishing the nutriment of plants.
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