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Webster 1913 Edition


Fruition

Fru-i′tion

,
Noun.
[OF.
fruition
, L.
fruitio
, enjoyment, fr. L.
frui
, p. p.
fruitus
, to use or enjoy. See
Fruit
,
Noun.
]
Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use.
“Capacity of fruition.”
Rogers.
“Godlike fruition.”
Milton.
Where I may have
fruition
of her love.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Fruition

FRUI'TION

,
Noun.
[from L. fruor, to use or enjoy.]
Use accompanied with pleasure, corporeal or intellectual; enjoyment; the pleasure derived from use or possession.
If the affliction is on his body, his appetites are weakened, and capacity of fruition destroyed.