fruc·ti·fy \ˈfrəktəˌfī, -ru̇k-, -rük-\verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English fructifien, from Middle French fructifier, from Latin fructificare, from fructi- + -ficare -fy intransitive verb : to bear fruit < its seeds shall fructify — Amy Lowell > transitive verb : to make fruitful : make productive < then he kisses the earth she fructifies — Francis Yeats-Brown >