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🍎 To bear fruit 🌱 To become productive
to fructify

to fructify

9.9
To make something produce good results
  • verb
  • /ˈfrʌktɪˌfaɪ/
: dar frutos
  • The farmer implemented new techniques to fructify the barren soil and increase crop yields.

Examples

  • Her dedication to her studies began to fructify as she achieved top grades in all her classes.

  • Her blood would fructify the land before you could say chthonic.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I don't remember if they were criticized him, but they fructified my thinking.

  • Regular brainstorming sessions can help to fructify innovative ideas within a team.

Synonyms

to yield
vsto fructify
183 3.6

To produce something, often a profit or result

focuses on causing productivity rather than just producing results
to fertilize
vsto fructify
  • Specialized
5 3.7

To give ideas or support that help something grow

causes or becomes productive in general, not only by enriching soil
to bring forth
vsto fructify
  • Literature
5 8.1

To give birth to a child or young animal

is broader, meaning to cause productivity not limited to reproduction
to fecundate
vsto fructify
  • Specialized
9.9

To make a living thing able to have babies or produce fruit

is broader, covering general productivity not only biological reproduction
to blossom forth
vsto fructify
4.6

To grow and develop in a clear, positive way

often means becoming productive rather than actively causing production

How Productive

to fructify
9.9
to produce
∞ 2.0

Surface Forms

fructify infinitive
fructified past
fructified past participle
fructifying present participle
fructifies third person singular

Morphology

fructify = fruit (semi-transparent) = fruct + ify

The metaphorical sense 'make productive/fruitful' is a straightforward extension of 'fruit' + '-ify', but the combining form 'fruct-' and learned formation make it somewhat less transparent for B1 learners.

Etymology

Fructify comes from the Latin fructus, which means 'fruit'. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of an idea that 'bears fruit'. To fructify is to make something productive or to cause good results.