fertilize

Etymology

From French fertiliser; equivalent to fertile + -ize.

verb

1. To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
2. (figurative) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
   to fertilize one's imagination
   He [countertenor Anthony Roth Constanzo] also enjoys being the catalyst whereby opera fertilises other art forms: recently, he's collaborated with Japanese kabuki actors, and a project with dancers from New York City Ballet is in the offing. 8 August 2014, Rupert Christiansen, “The truth about falsettos [print version: 12 August 2014, p. R8]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)
3. To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.