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   fructify

   /ˈfrʌktɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. make (something) fruitful or productive: formal "they were sacrificed in order that their blood might fructify the crops"
   • ▪ bear fruit or become productive: formal "it fructified like vegetation in steamy heat"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French fructifier, from Latin fructificare, from fructus ‘fruit’.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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