† fructuatev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To bear fruit; to fructify.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > be productive [verb (intransitive)]
yield1297
fruit1377
seeda1398
germ1483
buddle1581
fructuate1663
seminate1676
teem1746
spend1854
to lift well1959
1663 J. Heath Flagellum (ed. 2) 5 Those ill qualities which fructuated in him [Cromwell] at this age.
Derivatives
ˈfructuated adj. heraldry = fructed adj.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] > with or without fruit
fructed1610
unfructed1688
englanté1725
fructuated1809
1809 J. Home in Naval Chron. 24 193 An oak tree vert..fructuated or.
fructuˈation n. the action of bearing fruit; †concrete a crop of fruit (in quot. figurative).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > fruit crop
fruitage1578
fruitery1708
setting1731
fructuation1782
hit1800
top-crop1889
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [noun] > action or stage of bearing fruit
fruitage1578
fructification1604
puberty1800
fruiting1862
fructuation1885
1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 60 Knowing..with what superabundant population the first fructuation of an advancing society is loaded.
1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Fructuation, the development or production of fruit.
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