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. [ imp. & p. p. Fecundated p. pr. & vb. n. Fecundating ] [ L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See Fecund. ] 1. To make fruitful or prolific. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] 1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was entered on the foundation of Westminster. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity; as, the Ford Foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Against the canon laws of our foundation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n. --
Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc. --
Foundation school, in England, an endowed school. --
To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a college. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ imp. & p. p. Inundated p. pr. & vb. n. Inundating. ] [ L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.

Syn. -- To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inundatio: cf. F. inondation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

With inundation wide the deluge reigns,
Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. Wilkie. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists. [ 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; as, an undated letter. [ 1913 Webster ]