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defertilize

verb

Etymology

From de- + fertilize.

  1. derived from fertilis
  2. derived from fertile
  3. derived from fertile
  4. suffixed as fertilize — “fertile + ize”
  5. prefixed as defertilize — “de + fertilize”

Definitions

  1. To make no longer fertile.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA