fructify verb.
['frʌktɪfʌɪ] ME.[Old & mod. French fructifier from Latin fructificare, from fructus fruit: see -FY.]1. verb intrans. Bear fruit, become fruitful.
ME.fig.:
■ S. Smiles The good deed..will live, even though we may not see it fructify.2. verb trans. Cause to bear fruit; make fertile or productive.
L15.■ J. A. Michener Without the aid of some god to fructify the earth the farmer was powerless. fig.:
■ F. L. Wright Cultural sterility..might be saved and fructified by this ideal of an organic architecture. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲