Category:Fructify

Fruc"ti*fy, v. i. Etym: [F. fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + ficare (only in comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See Fruit, and Fact.]

Defn: To bear fruit. "Causeth the earth to fructify." Beveridge.

fructify Fruc"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fructified; p. pr. & vb. n. Fructifying.]

Defn: To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth.