| 释义 |
ˈfrutify, v. nonce-wd.
A comic blunder attributed to an illiterate person; the word meant is notify, which is confused with fructify.
1596Shakes. Merch. V. ii. ii. 142 The Jew hauing done me wrong, doth cause me as my Father being I hope an old man shall frutifie unto you. |