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fructify
verb
[ ˈfrʌktɪfʌɪ ]
• make (something) fruitful or productive.
• "they were sacrificed in order that their blood might fructify the crops"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fructifier, from Latin fructificare, from fructus ‘fruit’.