/fruk"teuh fuy', frook"-, froohk"-/ , v. , fructified, fructifying .
v.i.
1. to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
v.t.
2. to make fruitful or productive; fertilize: warm spring rains fructifying the earth.
[ 1275-1325; ME fructifien fructifier fructificare. See FRUCTI-, -FY ]