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Webster 1913 Edition

Fructify

Fruc′ti-fy

(frŭk′tĭ-fī)
,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fructified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fructifying
.]
To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize;
as, to
fructify
the earth
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fructify

FRUC'TIFY

,
Verb.
T.
[Low L. fructifico.]
To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.

FRUC'TIFY

,
Verb.
I.
To bear fruit. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024

fructify

fructify

English

Verb

fructify ‎(third-person singular simple present fructifies, present participle fructifying, simple past and past participle fructified)

  1. (intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
  2. (transitive) To make productive or fruitful.

Translations

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French fructefier.

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