[fruhk-tuh-fahy, froo
k-, frook-] 
verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.| 1. | to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify. |
| 2. | to make fruitful or productive; fertilize: warm spring rains fructifying the earth. |
| fruc·ti·fy (frŭk'tə-fī', frŏŏk'-) v. fruc·ti·fied, fruc·ti·fy·ing, fruc·ti·fies v. tr. To make fruitful or productive. v. intr. To bear fruit. [Middle English fructifien, to bear fruit, from Old French fructifier, from Latin frūctificāre : frūctus, fruit; see fruit + -ficāre, -fy.] |