FRUCTIFY

fructify, set

(verb) bear fruit; “the apple trees fructify”

fructify

(verb) make productive or fruitful; “The earth that he fructified”

fructify

(verb) become productive or fruitful; “The seeds fructified”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

fructify (third-person singular simple present fructifies, present participle fructifying, simple past and past participle fructified)

(intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.

(transitive) To make productive or fruitful.

(transitive) To be satisfied sexually.

Source: Wiktionary

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Fruc"ti*fy, v. i. Etym: [F. fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + ficare (only in comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See Fruit, and Fact.]

Definition: To bear fruit. "Causeth the earth to fructify." Beveridge.

Fruc"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fructified; p. pr. & vb. n. Fructifying.]

Definition: To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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