English Dictionary: fructify | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for fructify | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fructify \Fruc"ti*fy\ (fr[ucr]k"t[icr]*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. [bd]Causeth the earth to fructify.[b8] --Beveridge. |