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单词 plentify
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plentifyv.

Brit. /ˈplɛntᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈplɛn(t)əˌfaɪ/
Forms: 1500s plentifie, 1600s 1900s– plentify.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plenty adj., -fy suffix.
Etymology: < plenty adj. + -fy suffix.Apparently re-formed in the 20th cent.
rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).
transitive. To make plentiful; to enrich; to increase.In quot. 1931: spec. to populate.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)]
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1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. iii. 123 Wherewith thei so plentifie their grounde, that thei communely receiue two hundred busshelles for a busshell.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 39 God his owne with blessings plentifies.
1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions sig. Aiijv After this the land was plentified with Citties.
1931 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 16 18 Ain' de Bible say, ‘Go out an' plentify de eart'’?
1970 News (Frederick, Maryland) 22 Apr. a14/1 This year canned stocks are plentified from last falls [sic] large apple crop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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