"fructify" meaning in English

See fructify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹʌktɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fructify.wav Forms: fructifies [present, singular, third-person], fructifying [participle, present], fructified [participle, past], fructified [past]
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French fructefier. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰruHg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|fructefier}} Old French fructefier Head templates: {{en-verb}} fructify (third-person singular simple present fructifies, present participle fructifying, simple past and past participle fructified)
  1. (intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas. Tags: intransitive Translations (to bear fruit): нося плод (english: nosja plod) (Bulgarian), fructifier (French), καρποφορώ (karpoforó) (Greek), fruktifar (Ido), fruttificare (Italian), fructefier (Old French), obradzać [imperfective] (Polish), obrodzić [perfective] (Polish), owocować [imperfective] (Polish), zaowocować [perfective] (Polish), fructificar (Spanish), bära frukt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fructify-en-verb-cqquBHdT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Old French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Old French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'to bear fruit': 99 1
  2. (transitive) To make productive or fruitful. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fructify-en-verb-jBjXIiFv

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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