† foisonableadj.
Obsolete.
Capable of yielding a crop, productive.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective]
bearinglOE
fruitfula1300
plenteousc1325
fructuousa1382
birthful?c1475
fertile1481
broodya1522
yielding1556
foisonous1570
procreant1588
generative1597
yieldy1598
childing1600
seedful1605
thankful1610
foisonable1613
prolifical1615
fecundous1630
feracious1637
prolific1653
fetiferous1654
floriferous1656
productive1672
fœtant1678
spawning1682
uberousa1706
populous?1789
productible1830
grateful1832
resultful1833
genetic1838
tumid1840
polyphorous1858
generant1875
proliferent1920
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > productive
foisonable1613
1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 91 A ground which..was vtterly vnprofitable, nor could be made foysonable without great expence.
1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 23 The most foysonable and battlesome word, and Ordinances of God.
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