fertilize
verb/ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz/
Etymology From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.
1
To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
2
Figuratively To make more creative or intellectually productive.
- to fertilize one's imagination
- He [countertenor Anthony Roth Constanzo] also enjoys being the catalyst whereby opera fertilises other art forms: recently, he's collaborated with Japanese kabuki actors, and a project with dancers from New York City Ballet is in the offing.2014 August 8, Rupert Christiansen, “The truth about falsettos [print version: 12 August 2014, p. R8]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
3
To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.