fructifyv.

Brit.

/ˈfrʌktᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈfrəktəˌfaɪ/

Forms: Also 1500s frutyfye.

Etymology: < French fructifier, < Latin frūctificāre , < frūctus fruit: see -fy suffix.

1. intransitive. To bear fruit, become fruitful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)]

theec888

i-thee971

bloomc1175

flower?c1225

soundfula1300

fructifya1325

timea1325

to bear the bloom1330

flourisha1340

prosperc1350

thrive?a1366

blossom1377

cheve1377

burgeona1382

likec1400

upthrivec1440

avail1523

fadge1573

to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587

blow1610

to be (also stand) in state1638

fatten1638

sagaciate1832

to be going strong1855

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)]

teemOE

tidderOE

breedc1200

felefolda1300

fructifya1325

creasec1380

multiplyc1390

engendera1400

fawn1481

procreate1576

propagate1601

generate1605

spawn1607

pullulate1618

populate1625

reproduce1650

prolify1660

a1325 Prose Psalter li[i]. 8 Ich am in Godes hous as oliue fructifiand.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 234 Þet zed..fructefide of one half to þe þrittaȝte, of oþer half to zixtiaȝte.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 50 Elles it [the Bawm] would not fructify.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1065 Aarons ȝerde fructified without plantacionne.

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature i. sig. Av Hys wyfe shall encreace, hys land shall frutyfye.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xcvi. 669 The tree of life..doeth fructifie or bring forth fruicte twelue tymes in the yere.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xv. sig. Gg3 Those Soils wherein they will afterwards Flourish and Fructifie.

1709 Brit. Apollo 15–20 Apr. Saffron..needs no adventitious moisture to make it Fructify.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxvi. 92 Causing it [the perfect animal] to fructify and renew the species.

1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 13 Species of lichens which in many countries do not fructify.

figurative.c1393 G. Chaucer Scogan 48 Thenke on Tullius kindenesse, Minne thy frend, ther it may fructifye!c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 17 Y shal teche thee Thyng þat shal to thy soule fructifie.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 422 b/1 So moche grewe and fructefyed the chylde in resplendour or lyghte of alle good vertues.1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. iii. sig. c.ii And desyreth not to fructefye neyther to encrease with the goodes of the erthe.1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. v. 96 It seems very improbable that Christianity should fructify there.1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) ii. iii. §1 591 This description of pledge..was constantly fructifying and paying off the debt.1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) xi. iv. 420 Each has caused to fructify the talent which the Master gave.

2. transitive. To make fruitful, cause to bear fruit; to fecundate, impregnate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > make fertile [verb (transitive)]

fructify1583

fruiten1633

fertilitate1638

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. I7^v To fructifie and increase the earth.

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King ii. sig. C4 Let a man..fructifie forreigne Countries with his bloud.

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) 4 The red marle hath this property to fructify the barrenest ground.

a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 441 To fructify the Seed he sow'd.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 654 On the mucous surface of which..it [sc. exhalation of yellow fever]..fructifies a like harvest of contagious matter.

1865 W. Kay Crisis Hupfeldiana 6 Many a plant has been fructified by means of pollen..brought to it unwittingly by an insect.

figurative.1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 179 It fructifies our knowledge by making it practical.1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 19 Floods of treasure would..have fructified an exhausted exchequer.1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) xi. 282 The facility with which young people are made to acquire knowledge..fills, but does not fructify the mind.

Derivatives

ˈfructified adj. in senses of the verb; also †Heraldry = fructed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [adjective] > bearing fruit or fruitful

fruitfula1300

birthel-treea1325

fructified14..

fructive14..

fructuosec1440

fructifiable1623

fructiferous1632

frugiferous1633

frugiferent1656

pregnant1669

prolific1738

fruiting1778

fruited1786

fruitening1845

fructificative1887

14.. J. Lydgate Ballad Commend. Our Lady 38 Fructif [1532 Thynne's Chaucer, Fructyfyed] olyue, of foyles faire and thikke, And redolent cedre.

1681 T. Jordan London's Joy 5 An Almond-tree Leav'd, Blossom'd, and Fructified.

ˈfructifying n. the action of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > making or becoming productive or fruitful

incrementationc1420

fructification1604

fructifying1638

fertilization1922

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [noun]

pregnation?a1425

seasoning1511

fecundation?1541

impregnation1605

fructifying1638

adosculation1682

foetification1720

fertilization1837

1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1684) i. 128 It is not necessary there should be the same means of Growth and Fructifying in both these Worlds.

1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations i. 10 The growths and fructifyings of his Graces.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 316 A fructifying of the corrupt seed, of which Death is the germination.

ˈfructifying adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective] > making or made productive

fructifyingc1374

prolific1635

impregnant1643

fecund1686

fructescent1862

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i pr. i. 3 Affeccyons whiche þat ne ben nothing fructefiynge nor profytable.

1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 3 in Jewell House The vegetatiue and fructifying Salt of Nature.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. Prol. p. lvii These merry and fructifying..Books.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 168 An able and fructifying preacher.

a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 263 His ideas still retain their fructifying character.

ˈfructifier n. one who or that which fructifies.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > that which is productive

increaser1665

comproductive1686

fructifier1835

1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 39 Think you..that one of our great financiers I mean the Thomsonian fructifier..would be scared from his presidency by apprehension of a general bankruptcy?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fructify
释义	fructifyv. Brit. /ˈfrʌktᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈfrəktəˌfaɪ/ Forms: Also 1500s frutyfye. Etymology: < French fructifier, < Latin frūctificāre , < frūctus fruit: see -fy suffix. 1. intransitive. To bear fruit, become fruitful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] theec888 i-thee971 bloomc1175 flower?c1225 soundfula1300 fructifya1325 timea1325 to bear the bloom1330 flourisha1340 prosperc1350 thrive?a1366 blossom1377 cheve1377 burgeona1382 likec1400 upthrivec1440 avail1523 fadge1573 to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587 blow1610 to be (also stand) in state1638 fatten1638 sagaciate1832 to be going strong1855 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)] teemOE tidderOE breedc1200 felefolda1300 fructifya1325 creasec1380 multiplyc1390 engendera1400 fawn1481 procreate1576 propagate1601 generate1605 spawn1607 pullulate1618 populate1625 reproduce1650 prolify1660 a1325 Prose Psalter li[i]. 8 Ich am in Godes hous as oliue fructifiand. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 234 Þet zed..fructefide of one half to þe þrittaȝte, of oþer half to zixtiaȝte. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 50 Elles it [the Bawm] would not fructify. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1065 Aarons ȝerde fructified without plantacionne. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature i. sig. Av Hys wyfe shall encreace, hys land shall frutyfye. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xcvi. 669 The tree of life..doeth fructifie or bring forth fruicte twelue tymes in the yere. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xv. sig. Gg3 Those Soils wherein they will afterwards Flourish and Fructifie. 1709 Brit. Apollo 15–20 Apr. Saffron..needs no adventitious moisture to make it Fructify. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxvi. 92 Causing it [the perfect animal] to fructify and renew the species. 1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 13 Species of lichens which in many countries do not fructify. figurative.c1393 G. Chaucer Scogan 48 Thenke on Tullius kindenesse, Minne thy frend, ther it may fructifye!c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 17 Y shal teche thee Thyng þat shal to thy soule fructifie.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 422 b/1 So moche grewe and fructefyed the chylde in resplendour or lyghte of alle good vertues.1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. iii. sig. c.ii And desyreth not to fructefye neyther to encrease with the goodes of the erthe.1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. v. 96 It seems very improbable that Christianity should fructify there.1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) ii. iii. §1 591 This description of pledge..was constantly fructifying and paying off the debt.1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) xi. iv. 420 Each has caused to fructify the talent which the Master gave. 2. transitive. To make fruitful, cause to bear fruit; to fecundate, impregnate. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > make fertile [verb (transitive)] fructify1583 fruiten1633 fertilitate1638 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. I7^v To fructifie and increase the earth. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King ii. sig. C4 Let a man..fructifie forreigne Countries with his bloud. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) 4 The red marle hath this property to fructify the barrenest ground. a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 441 To fructify the Seed he sow'd. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 654 On the mucous surface of which..it [sc. exhalation of yellow fever]..fructifies a like harvest of contagious matter. 1865 W. Kay Crisis Hupfeldiana 6 Many a plant has been fructified by means of pollen..brought to it unwittingly by an insect. figurative.1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 179 It fructifies our knowledge by making it practical.1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 19 Floods of treasure would..have fructified an exhausted exchequer.1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) xi. 282 The facility with which young people are made to acquire knowledge..fills, but does not fructify the mind. Derivatives ˈfructified adj. in senses of the verb; also †Heraldry = fructed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [adjective] > bearing fruit or fruitful fruitfula1300 birthel-treea1325 fructified14.. fructive14.. fructuosec1440 fructifiable1623 fructiferous1632 frugiferous1633 frugiferent1656 pregnant1669 prolific1738 fruiting1778 fruited1786 fruitening1845 fructificative1887 14.. J. Lydgate Ballad Commend. Our Lady 38 Fructif [1532 Thynne's Chaucer, Fructyfyed] olyue, of foyles faire and thikke, And redolent cedre. 1681 T. Jordan London's Joy 5 An Almond-tree Leav'd, Blossom'd, and Fructified. ˈfructifying n. the action of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > making or becoming productive or fruitful incrementationc1420 fructification1604 fructifying1638 fertilization1922 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [noun] pregnation?a1425 seasoning1511 fecundation?1541 impregnation1605 fructifying1638 adosculation1682 foetification1720 fertilization1837 1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1684) i. 128 It is not necessary there should be the same means of Growth and Fructifying in both these Worlds. 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations i. 10 The growths and fructifyings of his Graces. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 316 A fructifying of the corrupt seed, of which Death is the germination. ˈfructifying adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective] > making or made productive fructifyingc1374 prolific1635 impregnant1643 fecund1686 fructescent1862 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i pr. i. 3 Affeccyons whiche þat ne ben nothing fructefiynge nor profytable. 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 3 in Jewell House The vegetatiue and fructifying Salt of Nature. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. Prol. p. lvii These merry and fructifying..Books. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 168 An able and fructifying preacher. a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 263 His ideas still retain their fructifying character. ˈfructifier n. one who or that which fructifies. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > that which is productive increaser1665 comproductive1686 fructifier1835 1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 39 Think you..that one of our great financiers I mean the Thomsonian fructifier..would be scared from his presidency by apprehension of a general bankruptcy? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1325
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