fructify

[ fruhk-tuh-fahy, frook-, frook- ]

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verb (used without object),fruc·ti·fied, fruc·ti·fy·ing.

to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.

verb (used with object),fruc·ti·fied, fruc·ti·fy·ing.

to make fruitful or productive; fertilize: warm spring rains fructifying the earth.

Origin of fructify

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English fructifien, from Old French fructifier, from Latin frūctificāre; see origin at fructi-, -fy

Other words from fructify

su·per·fruc·ti·fied, adjective
un·fruc·ti·fied, adjective

Words Nearby fructify

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How to use fructify in a sentence

For amongst the tart sorbs, it befits not the sweet fig to fructify.
The Story of Florence | Edmund G. Gardner
All that produces does so only for a time; 'tis the law here below, for eternity death alone shall fructify.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11 | Various
His high conception of solidarity was to fructify, within a hundred years, under Philippe-Auguste, the grandson of Sugers master.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
In the spring it recommences vegetation, and emits its branches into the newly-formed organs of its host, there to fructify.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
Did any portion of the capital annually abstracted from the estate return to it, to fructify and increase its value?
The Land-War In Ireland (1870) | James Godkin

British Dictionary definitions for fructify

fructify

/ (ˈfrʌktɪˌfaɪ, ˈfrʊk-) /

verb-fies, -fying or -fied

to bear or cause to bear fruit
to make or become productive or fruitful

Origin of fructify

C14: from Old French fructifier, from Late Latin frūctificāre to bear fruit, from Latin frūctus fruit + facere to make, produce

Derived forms of fructify

fructifier, noun

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