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FRUCTIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: fructified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bear fruit

Example:

the apple trees fructify

Synonyms:

fructify; set

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "fructify" is one way to...):

multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

fructification (the bearing of fruit)

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make productive or fruitful

Example:

The earth that he fructified

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "fructify" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become productive or fruitful

Example:

The seeds fructified

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "fructify" is one way to...):

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

fructification (the bearing of fruit)

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

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