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fructiferre

fructiferre [LL] 1 (of trees, land, etc.) to bear fruit, produce crops; b (fig.). veluti lex quedam nature fuit et inhesit terre creandi et fructiferandi [sic MS] sibi prebens postmodum facultatem Gros. Hexaem. IV 17.  b 1435 quatinus sub vestre proteccionis abiete ‥ humiles sui [sc. universitatis] ramunculi frondeant, floreant, et ~ferant EpAcOx 126 (cf. FormOx 450: 1435 ut ipse amplius frondeat, floreat, et ~ferat in catholica doctrina). 2 to carry fruit or other produce. licet ministris suis [sc. virgultarii] ~entibus, magistro comitante, per medium conventum transire; haud aliter Obed. Abingd. 416.

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