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fecund
/ˈfɛk.ənd/
adj 2
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5ADJ.
barren, proved
VERB + FECUND
make
FECUND + NOUN
period, truth
PREP.
during, in
ADV.
marvellously
Definitions
adj
1
Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
The number of children per woman depends, as has been said, on biological and social factors which determine: (1) the frequency of births during a woman's fecund period, and (2) the portion of the fecund period--between puberty and menopause--effectively utilized for reproduction.
The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
2
Leading to new ideas or innovation.
This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity.
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The number of children per woman depends, as has been said, on biological and social factors which determine: (1) the frequency of births during a woman's fecund period, and (2) the portion of the fec
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The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
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This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity.
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