Meaning of FRUCTIFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'fruktu`fI
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- [v] bear fruit, of plants
- [v] make productive or fruitful; "The earth that he fructified"
- [v] become productive or fruitful; "The seeds fructified"
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| | Synonyms: | | set |
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| | See Also: | | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate, multiply, procreate, reproduce | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fruc"ti*fy\ (fr[u^]k"t[i^]*f[imac]), v. i. [F.
fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + -ficare (only in
comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See {Fruit}, and {Fact}.]
To bear fruit. ``Causeth the earth to fructify.''
--Beveridge.
\Fruc"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fructified}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Fructifying}.]
To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to
fructify the earth.
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