verb (used without object), fruc·ti·fied, fruc·ti·fy·ing.
- to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
verb (used with object), fruc·ti·fied, fruc·ti·fy·ing.
- to make fruitful or productive; fertilize: warm spring rains fructifying the earth.
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
- to bear or cause to bear fruit
- to make or become productive or fruitful
v.early 14c., from Old French fructifiier (12c.) “bear fruit, grow, develop,” from Late Latin fructificare “bear fruit,” from Latin fructus (see fruit) + root of facere “make” (see factitious). Related: Fructified; fructifying.