Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fructify \Fruc"ti*fy\ (fr[u^]k"t[i^]*f[imac]), v. i. [F.
fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + -ficare (only in
comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See {Fruit}, and {Fact}.]
To bear fruit. ``Causeth the earth to fructify.''
--Beveridge.
Fructify \Fruc"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fructified}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Fructifying}.]
To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to
fructify the earth.
Source : WordNet®
fructify
v 1: become productive or fruitful; "The seeds fructified"
2: make productive or fruitful; "The earth that he fructified"
3: bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn: {set}]
[also: {fructified}]