Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fructify
Participle: fructified
Gerund: fructifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fructify |
| you | fructify |
| he;she;it | fructifies |
| we | fructify |
| you | fructify |
| they | fructify |
Perfect
| I | have fructified |
| you | have fructified |
| he;she;it | has fructified |
| we | have fructified |
| you | have fructified |
| they | have fructified |
Past
| I | fructified |
| you | fructified |
| he;she;it | fructified |
| we | fructified |
| you | fructified |
| they | fructified |
Pluperfect
| I | had fructified |
| you | had fructified |
| he;she;it | had fructified |
| we | had fructified |
| you | had fructified |
| they | had fructified |
Future
| I | will fructify |
| you | will fructify |
| he;she;it | will fructify |
| we | will fructify |
| you | will fructify |
| they | will fructify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fructified |
| you | will have fructified |
| he;she;it | will have fructified |
| we | will have fructified |
| you | will have fructified |
| they | will have fructified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fructify |
| you | fructify |
| he;she;it | fructify |
| we | fructify |
| you | fructify |
| they | fructify |
Perfect
| I | have fructified |
| you | have fructified |
| he;she;it | have fructified |
| we | have fructified |
| you | have fructified |
| they | have fructified |
Imperfect
| I | fructified |
| you | fructified |
| he;she;it | fructified |
| we | fructified |
| you | fructified |
| they | fructified |
Pluperfect
| I | had fructified |
| you | had fructified |
| he;she;it | had fructified |
| we | had fructified |
| you | had fructified |
| they | had fructified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fructify |
| you | would fructify |
| he;she;it | would fructify |
| we | would fructify |
| you | would fructify |
| they | would fructify |
Perfect
| I | would have fructified |
| you | would have fructified |
| he;she;it | would have fructified |
| we | would have fructified |
| you | would have fructified |
| they | would have fructified |
Imperative
| you | fructify |
| we | Let's fructify |
| you | fructify |
Verbs conjugated like 'fructify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fructify'
fruitify,
frutify,
bruitify,
brutify,
crucify,
factify,
rectify,
adultify,
Britify,
countify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French fructefier. See: Old French '
fructefier'.
Sample Sentences
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Atop the [Palmito] tree is a pith, in taſte better then Cabbage; and eating it takes avvay the future benefit of grovvth or fructifying, theſe and the Date-tree thriue not, except the male and female be vnited, and haue copulation: the ſhe is only fruitfull. [1634, T[homas] H[erbert], “Mohelia, Its Description”, in A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC, page 24:]
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Then one evening early in November Beedel rang Mr Carrados up. The blind man happened to take the call himself, and at the first words he knew that the dull, patient shadowing of weeks was about to fructify. [1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:]
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It is good to detect hints of a more aggressive attitude from the B.T.C. in face of constant reminders of accumulated deficits and niggling for economies before modernisation schemes have had a chance fully to fructify […]. [1959 August, “Talking of Trains: Reappraisal is completed”, in Trains Illustrated, page 345:]
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When fruit trees are to be planted it is good practice to plant alternate rows of different varieties of the same fruit, because the pollen of one variety is often wanted to fructify or fertilise the flowers of another. [1901 May 10, “Gleanings”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 136:]
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He slew the Bull (symbol of the gross Earth which the sunlight fructifies). [1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 21:]