fruit
noun
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
had fruited
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past perfectof fruit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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What different men we should be if our resolutions had fruited in conduct!
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
As soon as the varieties had fruited for several years it became evident that many of them were inferior and not adapted to New York conditions.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 by Northern Nut Growers Association
After these trees had fruited all but five were removed to permit the remaining trees to attain full size.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association
The hemlocks had fruited heavily, and were hung all over with little bright brown cones, like Christmas trees.
From A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards
