| 单词 | fructifying |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈfructifying 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 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. < as lemmas |
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