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FRUCTIFY (fructified)

• FRUCTIFY (verb)
The verb FRUCTIFY has 3 senses:

1. become productive or fruitful
2. make productive or fruitful
3. bear fruit

Familiarity information: FRUCTIFY used as a verb is uncommon.

• FRUCTIFY (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Become productive or fruitful

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The seeds fructified

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

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Make productive or fruitful

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The earth that he fructified

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

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Meaning:

Bear fruit

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

fructify; set

Context example:

the apple trees fructify

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

multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or young)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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(Native American proverb, Cherokee)
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(Arabic proverb)
"Money sticks to another money."
(Croatian proverb)

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