fructify

fructify
I verb ameliorate, bear, bear fruit, beget, blossom, bring forth, conceive, cultivate, enrich, fatten, fecundate, fertilize, flourish, generate, impregnate, inseminate, irrigate, make fruitful, make productive, pollinate, procreate, produce, proliferate, propagate, reproduce, spermatize, thrive II index ameliorate, bear (yield), reproduce

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  • Fructify — Fruc ti*fy (fr[u^]k t[i^]*f[imac]), v. i. [F. fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + ficare (only in comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See {Fruit}, and {Fact}.] To bear fruit. Causeth the earth to fructify. Beveridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fructify — Fruc ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fructified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fructifying}.] To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fructify — early 14c., from O.Fr. fructifiier (12c.) bear fruit, grow, develop, from L.L. fructificare bear fruit, from L. fructus (see FRUIT (Cf. fruit)) + root of facere make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Related: Fructified; fructifying …   Etymology dictionary

  • fructify — [fruk′tə fī΄] vi. fructified, fructifying [ME fructifien < OFr fructifier < L fructificare: see FRUIT & FY] to bear fruit; become fruitful vt. to cause to bear fruit; fertilize fructification n …   English World dictionary

  • fructify — verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English fructifien, from Anglo French fructefier, from Latin fructificare, from fructus fruit Date: 14th century intransitive verb to bear fruit < its seeds shall fructify Amy Lowell > < no partnership can… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fructify — /fruk teuh fuy , frook , froohk /, v., fructified, fructifying. v.i. 1. to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify. v.t. 2. to make fruitful or productive; fertilize: warm spring rains fructifying the earth.… …   Universalium

  • fructify — verb a) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas. b) To make productive or fruitful …   Wiktionary

  • fructify — Synonyms and related words: be fruitful, be productive, bear, bear fruit, beget, bring forth, cross fertilize, cross pollen, cross pollinate, cross pollinize, dress, engender, enrich, fatten, fecundify, fertilize, fruit, furnish, get with child,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • fructify — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fertilize, impregnate, fecundate, pollinate; see fertilize 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • fructify — see FRUIT …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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