to fructify the earth

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• Fructify — Fruc ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fructified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fructifying}.] To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fructify — Fruc ti*fy (fr[u^]k t[i^]*f[imac]), v. i. [F. fructifier, L. fructificare; fructus fruit + ficare (only in comp.), akin to L. facere to make. See {Fruit}, and {Fact}.] To bear fruit. Causeth the earth to fructify. Beveridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fructify — /fruk teuh fuy , frook , froohk /, v., fructified, fructifying. v.i. 1. to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify. v.t. 2. to make fruitful or productive; fertilize: warm spring rains fructifying the earth.… …   Universalium

• England (Before the Reformation) —     England (Before the Reformation)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation)     This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Fructified — Fructify Fruc ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fructified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fructifying}.] To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fructifying — Fructify Fruc ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fructified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fructifying}.] To make fruitful; to render productive; to fertilize; as, to fructify the earth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ceres (mythology) — Seated Ceres from Emerita Augusta, present day Mérida, Spain (National Museum of Roman Art, 1st century AD) Ancient Roman …   Wikipedia

• fruit — [12] English acquired fruit via Old French fruit from Latin frūctus, a source more clearly on display in fructify [14], fructose [19], etc. The underlying meaning of the Latin noun seems to have been ‘enjoyment of that which is produced’, for it… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• fruit — [12] English acquired fruit via Old French fruit from Latin frūctus, a source more clearly on display in fructify [14], fructose [19], etc. The underlying meaning of the Latin noun seems to have been ‘enjoyment of that which is produced’, for it… …   Word origins

• prosperity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Financial success Nouns 1. prosperity, welfare, well being; affluence, wealth, success; thrift; good fortune, blessings, luck; sunshine; fair weather, fair wind; fat years, palmy days, halcyon days; boom …   English dictionary for students

• Irenaeus — Infobox Saint name=Saint Irenaeus birth date=2nd century death date=202 feast day=June 28 (Roman Catholic Church); August 23 (Eastern Orthodox Church) venerated in=Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheran Church Anglican Communion… …   Wikipedia