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Ferthe (?), a. Fourth.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

Fer"tile (? or ?; 277), a. [L.
fertilis, fr. ferre to bear, produce: cf. F.
fertile. See Bear to support.]
1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance;
fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive;
rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile
mind or imagination.

Though he in a fertile climate
dwell.

2. (Bot.) (a) Capable
of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers.
(b) Containing pollen; -- said of
anthers.

3. produced in abundance; plenteous;
ample.

Henceforth, my early care . . .

Shall tend thee, and the fertile burden ease

Of thy full branches.

Syn. -- Fertile, Fruitful. Fertile
implies the inherent power of production; fruitful, the act.


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