Part 4616

<hw>Fruit"er*ess</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who sells fruit.</def>

<h1>Fruitery</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruit"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fruiteries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>fruiterie</ets> place where fruit is kept, in OF. also, <ets>fruitage</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage.</def>

<i>J. Philips.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A repository for fruit.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Fruitestere</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruit"es*tere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fruiteress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ftuitful</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Ftuit"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; <as>as, a <ex>fruitful</ex> tree, or season, or soil; a <ex>fruitful</ex> wife.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fruit"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fruit"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Be <b>fruitful</b> and multiply and replenish the earth. <i>Gen. i. 28.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>[Nature] By disburdening grows More <b>fruitful</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The great <b>fruitfulness</b> of the poet's fancy. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See <er>Fertile</er>.</syn>

<h1>Fruiting</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruit"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.</def>

<h1>Fruiting</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruit"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The bearing of fruit.</def>

<h1>Fruition</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru*i"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fruition</ets>, L. <ets>fruitio</ets>, enjoyment, fr. L. <ets>frui</ets>, p. p. <ets>fruitus</ets>, to use or enjoy. See <er>Fruit</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of <i>fruition</i>." <i>Rogers</i>. "Godlike <i>fruition</i>." <i>Milton</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Where I may have <b>fruition</b> of her love. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fruitive</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fru"i*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fruition</er>.]</ety> <def>Eujoying; possessing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Fruitless</h1> <Xpage=600>

<hw>Fruit"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; <as>as, a <ex>fruitless</ex> tree or shrub; a <ex>fruitless</ex> marriage.</as></def>

<i>Shak.</i>