fructify

• If the deal does not fructify, as it is battling not just a sceptical NSG bloc but also the US political timeline, AICC hopes it can still turn it into an advantage, by arguing that it walked away to protect national interests. —  The Times of India
• But it is also possible that this personality cult may endure and fructify, especially if the news media continue to suspend critical analysis of Obama's long-held views and programs. —  Soccer Dad
• Earth caused by the Sun to beget and be prolific; to fructify, 851-u. —  Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
• But thou mustn't hurry me, Master; I'm collecting bandages of fine linen and getting this kettle of water to boil; for this I learnt from a man who learnt it from the best surgeons in Rome: that freshly boiled water holds no more the humours that make wounds fructify, and if boiled long enough the humours fall to the bottom. —  The Brook Kerith A Syrian story
• I do not require, mark me, that you should be allowed to grow up uncared for, that good or evil instincts should be suffered to spring up in you anyhow: but it were better that they should not treat your poor mind like the foot of a well-born Chinese girl--that they should not enclose it in a porcelain slipper A marriageable young lady is a product of maternal industry, which takes ten years to fructify, and needs from five to six more years of study on the part of the husband to purify, strip, and restore to its real shape. —  The French Immortals Series — Complete

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