frutifyv.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfrutify.

A comic blunder attributed to an illiterate person; the word meant is notify, which is confused with fructify.Apparently an isolated use.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 127 The Iewe hauing done me wrong, dooth cause me as my Father being I hope an old man shall frutifie vnto you.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	frutify
释义	frutifyv. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfrutify. A comic blunder attributed to an illiterate person; the word meant is notify, which is confused with fructify.Apparently an isolated use. Π 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 127 The Iewe hauing done me wrong, dooth cause me as my Father being I hope an old man shall frutifie vnto you. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1600
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