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Fruit   /frut/   Listen
Fruit

noun
1.
The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.
2.
An amount of a product.  Synonym: yield.
3.
The consequence of some effort or action.
verb
1.
Cause to bear fruit.
2.
Bear fruit.



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"Fruit" Quotes from Famous Books



... greater reward is due to the greater virtue. Now the greatest reward is due to virginity, namely the hundredfold fruit, according to a gloss on Matt. 13:23. Therefore virginity is the greatest of ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas
... of the jewelled causeway, and of the perfect pavement that shall never be worn, must be everything. But if she was right—right as to herself and others,—then why has the world been made so pleasant? Why is the fruit of the earth so sweet; and the trees,—why are they so green; and the mountains so full of glory? Why are women so lovely? and why is it that the activity of man's mind is the only sure forerunner of man's progress? In listening thrice ...
— The Belton Estate • Anthony Trollope
... laden with Angels. But now no one lifts his feet from earth to ascend it; and my rule is remaining as waste of paper. The walls, which used to be an abbey, have become caves; and the cowls are sacks full of bad meal. But heavy usury is not gathered in so greatly against the pleasure of God, as that fruit which makes the heart of monks so foolish. For whatsoever the Church guards is all for the folk that ask it in God's name, not for one's kindred, or for another more vile. The flesh of mortals is so soft that a good beginning ...
— Italy, the Magic Land • Lilian Whiting
... of the distress and perplexity that kept him without sleep during the rest of that eventful night will be read with a feeling of sincere commiseration. This, then, he reflected, was the first fruit of imperial liberalism, that the chief minister was slighted by his sovereign, ill-served and even betrayed by his colleagues, and committed, behind his back, to a most hazardous policy. He had been too soft-hearted to insist on making ...
— Studies in Literature and History • Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
... son," said the priest, "that what seed of reverence I have attempted to plant within thy breast hath borne poor fruit." ...
— The Outlaw of Torn • Edgar Rice Burroughs


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