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单词 fruition
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fruitionn.

Brit. /frʊˈɪʃn/, U.S. /fruˈɪʃən/
Forms: Middle English–1500s fruicion, fruicyon, fruycion, (Middle English fruycon), fruyssyon, 1500s fruitioun, fruytion, 1500s– fruition.
Etymology: < Old French fruission, fruition, fruycion, < Latin fruitiōnem , noun of action < fruī to enjoy: see fruit n.
1. The action of enjoying; enjoyment, pleasurable possession, the pleasure arising from possession. †in the fruition of = in the possession of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > [noun] > possession and use or enjoyment
fruition1413
jouissance1484
joyance1596
the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] > pleasure arising from possession
fruition1413
joyance1596
fruiturea1657
the mind > possession > [phrase]
in the fruition of1632
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxviii. 75 An aungel hath that knowynge of his creatour by very fruycion.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 86 Contryssyon, Compassyon, and Clennes, And that holy mayde Fruyssyon.
a1555 H. Latimer Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. ii. xxxv. 98 If we live by Hope, let us desire the End and Fruition of our Hope.
1577 D. Settle True Rep. Voy. Frobisher sig. Biij We had when we were so disposed, the fruition of our bookes.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 179 Solyman entred the Toune as conquerour..It is ever since in the fruition of Turkes.
a1683 A. Sidney Of Love in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 405 It is very certain, that all Desire is for Fruition.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 256. ¶7 An Object of Desire placed out of the possibility of Fruition.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. ii. 20 Repaid by such a scant holiday and brief fruition.
1883 19th Cent. May 854 In the contemplation and fruition of the Uncreated Good.
2. Erroneously associated with fruit n., in the sense: the state or process of bearing fruit, esp. in to come to (reach, etc.) (full) fruition. Frequently transferred and figurative. (Now a standard usage.)The misuse was not countenanced by 19th-cent. British dictionaries, nor by Webster or Worcester, though it was somewhat common both in England and in the U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > [noun]
enda1300
chevisancec1330
applyinga1382
perfectiona1382
pointc1385
finishmentc1400
accomplishingc1405
complement1419
consummationa1425
effecta1425
performinga1425
accomplishment1425
fining?1448
complishing1449
complishment1454
achevisauncec1475
achievement1477
perfectinga1513
cheving?1518
furniture1529
achievance1531
exploiture1531
exploiting1538
perimplishment1554
consummating1555
finishing?1563
chevance1570
coronation1582
crowning1586
adimpletion1624
fulfilment1624
complusmenta1628
completure1642
completement1652
transaction1655
patration1656
perfunction1656
completion1657
completing1727
ultimation1791
finality1833
perfectuation1859
fruition1885
the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun]
plenteoustea1382
fatnessc1420
feracityc1420
fruitfulheadc1450
fruitfulness1509
exuberancy1649
unbarrenness1656
efficience1669
teemingness1674
prolificity1718
generativeness1727
productiveness1727
prolificacy1756
productivity1818
fructuousness1855
teeming1856
plenteousness1864
populousness1881
fruition1885
1885 Harper's Mag. May 906 The greenish nuts, ripened as always from the flowers of the previous year and now in their full fruition.
1889 Cent. Dict. Fruition, a coming into fruit or fulfilment.
1895 Standard Dict. Fruition, the bearing of fruit; the yielding of natural or expected results; realization, fulfilment.
1936 G. B. Stern Monogram III. 202 The words you have written for publication..should be a fastidiously selected portion of your mind and experience which has slowly grown to fruition and importance.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Aug. 447/3 Sir Edmund Chambers's monumental labours on Shakespeare and the Shakespearian stage were based largely on the resources of the London Library, without which they could never have been brought to fruition, even if they had been attempted.
1959 Times 7 July 3/6 This process..has now reached full fruition with the standardization of body shells for a whole range of models [of motor cars].
1968 Times 28 Nov. 14/1 A project for revealing the undiscovered burial chambers thought to exist within the pyramid of Khephren at Giza, Cairo, is shortly to come to fruition.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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