n. [ Auto- + fecundation. ] (Biol.) Self-impregnation. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. exundatus, p. p. of exundare to overflow; ex out + undare. See Undated waved. ] To overflow; to inundate. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. exundatio. ] An overflow, or overflowing abundance. [ R. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ Cf. F. fécondation. ] (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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. fondation, L. fundatio. See Found to establish. ]
Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. Is. xxviii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
The foundation of a free common wealth. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was entered on the foundation of Westminster. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Against the canon laws of our foundation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foundation course.
Foundation muslin,
Foundation school,
To be on a foundation,
n. One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ L. inundatio: cf. F. inondation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With inundation wide the deluge reigns,
Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. Wilkie. [ 1913 Webster ]
To stop the inundation of her tears. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. mundatio, fr. mundare to make clean. ] The act of cleansing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. mundatorius. ] Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Ovate-rotundate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Physiol.) A term collectively applied to the changes or conditions preceding fecundation, especially to the changes which the ovum undergoes before fecundation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to prefecundation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Rounded; especially, rounded at the end or ends, or at the corners. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. secundatus, p. p. of secundare to direct favorably. ] To make prosperous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Prosperity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. sub- + L. unda a wave. ] A flood; a deluge. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Physiol.) Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by two different acts of coition. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. undatus, p. p. of undare to rise in waves, to wave, to undulate, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate. ] (Bot.) Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf; waved. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. un- not + dated. ] Not dated; having no date; of unknown age;