FRUCTIFY Definition & Meaning

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fructify

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

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verb (used without object)

fructified, fructifying.

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

verb (used with object)

fructified, fructifying.

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

fructify

/ ˈfrʊk-; ˈfrʌktɪˌfaɪ /

verb

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

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Derived Forms

ˈ�ڰ��ܳ��پ�ˌ�ھ��, noun

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��p��·�ڰ��ܳ�t��·�ھ�� adjective
�ܲ�·�ڰ��ܳ�t��·�ھ�� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of fructify¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English fructifien, from Old French fructifier, from Latin �ڰ�ū��پ��ھ��; fructi-, -fy

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of fructify¹

C14: from Old French fructifier , from Late Latin �ڰ�ū��پ��ھ�� to bear fruit, from Latin �ڰ�ū��ٳܲ� fruit + facere to make, produce

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There were spawned out salmon on the banks, and the air smelled of fish in a marvelous fructifying funk that is the death that brings new life to the river.

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And “Better Things” kept going, fructifying into a closely observed and deeply felt portrait of one woman’s over-full life.

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The soil is darker than coffee grounds, inky, sweet and redolent of fructifying forest funk.

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He wrote that politicians are often asked to lower taxes to “leave the money to fructify in the hands of the people.”

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“We’re just starting to see that interest in the sport beginning to fructify now … this fight is bankable,” Nelson said.

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