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fructify

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

fruc·ti·fy

   [fruhk-tuh-fahy, frook-, frook-] verb, fruc·ti·fied, fruc·ti·fy·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make fruitful or productive; fertilize: warm spring rains fructifying the earth.

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English fructifien < Old French fructifier < Latin frūctificāre. See fructi-, -fy

Related forms
su·per·fruc·ti·fied, adjective
un·fruc·ti·fied, adjective
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fructify (ˈfrʌktɪˌfaɪ, ˈfrʊk-)
 
—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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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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