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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.

Definition 2024


fruition

fruition

English

Noun

fruition (countable and uncountable, plural fruitions)

  1. The fulfillment of something worked for.
  2. The enjoyment derived from a possession.
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Etymology 2

Erroneously from fruit (though now standard usage)

Noun

fruition (plural fruitions)

  1. The condition of bearing fruit.
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