Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the following passage used for notify: a humorous blunder.

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Examples

  • To be brief, the very truth is that the Jew, having done me wrong, doth cause me, as my father, being, I hope, an old man, shall frutify unto you —

    The Merchant of Venice 2004

  • To be brief, the very truth is that the Jew having done me wrong, doth cause me, —as my father, being, I hope, an old man, shall frutify unto you, —

    Act II. Scene II. The Merchant of Venice 1914

  • To be brief, the very truth is that the Jew, having done me wrong, doth cause me, as my father, being, I hope, an old man, shall frutify unto you --

    The Merchant of Venice 1596

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