Home › Words › B › befruitbefruitbefruit means to endow, cover, or adorn with fruit (all senses); (by extension) to make fruitful.EtymologyFrom be- (“upon, about, all over”) + fruit.verbTo endow, cover, or adorn with fruit (all senses); (by extension) to make fruitful.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.befruited 79% match — Covered or adorned with fruit vs befruit →fruitify 76% match — To produce fruit, seeds, or spores; to fruit. vs befruit →fructify 73% match — To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas. vs befruit →fruiten 70% match — To make fruitful. vs befruit →fruited 70% match — Containing fruit; bearing fruit. vs befruit →fructuate 68% match — to bear fruit vs befruit →fruitful 67% match — Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren. vs befruit →fruitness 67% match — The quality of being fruit. vs befruit →