Fec"u*len*cy (?), n. Feculence.
Fec"u*lent (?), a. [L. faeculentus, fr. faecula: cf. F. fÈculent. See
Fecula.] Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with
sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.
Both his hands most filthy feculent.
Spenser.
Fec"und (?), a. [L. fecundus, from the root of fetus: cf. F. fÈcond.
see Fetus.] Fruitful in children; prolific. Graunt.
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.
2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in
flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.
Fec`un*da"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. fÈcondation.] (Biol.) The act by which,
either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs
the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs
of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation;
fertilization.
Fe*cun"di*fy (?), v. t. [Fecund + -fy.] To make fruitful; to fecundate.
Johnson.
Fe*cun"di*ty (?), n. [L. fecunditas: cf. F. fÈconditÈ. See Fecund.] 1.
The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially
(Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in
great numbers.