befruited
befruited is the simple past and past participle of befruit.
Meaning of befruit
Verb
befruit (third-person singular simple present befruits, present participle befruiting, simple past and past participle befruited)
- To endow, cover, or adorn with fruit (all senses); (by extension) to make fruitful.
- I present to Thee these new children, with whom Thou hast so quickly befruited it and also my desire that they receive holy Baptism, since they have already been instructed in the faith.1902, María de Jesús (de Agreda, sor), Mystical City of God
- Synonyms:
- fruiten
Adjective
befruited (comparative more befruited, superlative most befruited)
- Covered or adorned with fruit
- On the floor was a tawdry carpet, all beflowered and befruited,—such a meretricious blur of colors as a hotel offers for vulgar feet to tread upon.1892, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present
Forms of befruited
| comparative | more befruited |
|---|---|
| superlative | most befruited |
Origin of befruited
From befruit + -ed.
Questions about befruited
- What does befruited mean?
- Befruited means covered or adorned with fruit.
- What is befruited the simple past and past participle of?
- Befruited is the simple past and past participle of befruit.
- What part of speech is befruited?
- Befruited is an adjective.
Words near befruited in the dictionary
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