Befruit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Befruit is a verb meaning (transitive, rare) To endow, cover, or adorn with fruit (all senses); (by extension) to make fruitful.
Meaning
(transitive, rare) To endow, cover, or adorn with fruit (all senses); (by extension) to make fruitful.
Example Sentences
The dipper rushed to her aid and caught her, asking the slightly inebriated glass if he could "befruit" her, or deposit some sweet pieces of fruit into the glass.
I present to Thee these new children, with whom Thou hast so quickly befruited it and also my desire that they receive holy Baptism, since they have already been instructed in the faith.
A fresh young Germany must be planted here and there across the seas. We shall befruit it... with the outcome of our toils and struggles, beget and bring up noblest children, children like unto the gods.
This, shown by blood in an awful wattle at my groin, and numerous barberries of it befruiting my chest's long scrape — but notwithstanding at he now coursing through my sex's pretty bit, I perforce must help prop A. […]
Word Forms
- befruits
- befruiting
- befruited
Synonyms for befruit
Depending on context, synonyms include fruiten.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fruiten, fruitify, fructify, frutify, fecundify, fructuate.
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