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Webster 1913 Edition
Fruitful
Fruit′ful
,Adj.
Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful;
– as, a
fruitful
tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful
wife. Fruit′ful-ly
, adv.
Fruit′ful-ness
, Noun.
Be
fruitful
and multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28.
[Nature] By disburdening grows
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More
fruitful
. Milton.
Syn. – Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See
Fertile
. Webster 1828 Edition
Fruitful
FRUITFUL
, a.1.
Very productive; producing fruit in abundance; as fruitful soil; a fruitful tree; a fruitful season.2.
Prolific; bearing children; not barren.Be fruitful, and multiply - Gen. 1.
3.
Plenteous; abounding in any thing.4.
Productive of any thing; fertile; as fruitful in expedients.5.
Producing in abundance; generating; as fruitful in crimes.Definition 2024
fruitful
fruitful
English
Alternative forms
- fruitfull (archaic)
Adjective
fruitful (comparative more fruitful, superlative most fruitful)
- Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.
- Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
- The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all - I got promoted
Quotations
- 1611, Bible (KJV): Genesis, I, 22
- And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:productive
Antonyms
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Translations
favorable to the growth
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productive, yielding benefits
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