Fructify

Fructify is a verb that means to make fruitful or productive.  The Latin word fructus (FROOK toos) means fruit in the sense of ‘the result or reward of work or activity.’ In other words, when we fructify something, we make it fruitful. Here’s an example of our word of the day in use: I was hoping to fructify all the excess milk in my refrigerator by using it to make ice cream. But in the end, the only thing I was making productive was the mop I had to use to clean up all that mess.