fructify
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təˌfaɪ, ˈfrʊk-, ˈfruk- verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
2.
to make fruitful or productive; fertilize: warm spring rains fructifying the earth.
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | to bear or cause to bear fruit |
| 2. | to make or become productive or fruitful |
| [C14: from Old French fructifier, from Late Latin frūctificāre to bear fruit, from Latin frūctus fruit + facere to make, produce] | |
| 'fructifier | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
fructify
early 14c., from O.Fr. fructifier, from L.L. fructificare "bear fruit," from L. fructus (see fruit) + root of facere "make" (see factitious).
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Example sentences
It is my misfortune seldom to fructify, in a regular way, by any but printed sermons.
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