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单词 frutify
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frutifyv.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfrutify.
A comic blunder attributed to an illiterate person; the word meant is notify, which is confused with fructify.Apparently an isolated use.
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1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 127 The Iewe hauing done me wrong, dooth cause me as my Father being I hope an old man shall frutifie vnto you. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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