fruitive

English

Etymology

See fruition and -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹuː.ɪ.tɪv/

Adjective

fruitive (comparative more fruitive, superlative most fruitive)

1. (obsolete) enjoying; possessing
   • 1648 August 16 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Robert Boyle, Some Motives and Incentives to the Love of God. […] [Seraphick Love], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], published 1659, →OCLC:

     to whet our longings for fruitive (or experimental ) knowledge

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fruitive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)