Dictionary entry

Fructify

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fruc″ti‐fy (frŭk″tĭ‐fī), 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.