Lewis Short
(verb) : fēto (foet-), āre, and
* A. [2. fetus] (post-Aug.).
* Neutr., to bring forth, breed, hatch: in quibus (paludibus) plerumque fetant (anates),Col. 8, 15, 7: silvestres gallinae,id. 8, 8, 12: cf. ib. § 8.
* Act., to make fruitful, fructify, impregnate: feminas,Aug. de Cons. Evang. 1, 25: armenta,id. Civ. D. 5, 7 al.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary