Vocabulary Word
Word: fruition
Definition: bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization; Ex. come to/be brought to fruition
Definition: bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization; Ex. come to/be brought to fruition
Sentences Containing 'fruition'
A man might have applied that to him, which is recorded of Socrates, that he knew how to want, and to enjoy those things, in the want whereof, most men show themselves weak; and in the fruition, intemperate: but to hold out firm and constant, and to keep within the compass of true moderation and sobriety in either estate, is proper to a man, who hath a perfect and invincible soul; such as he showed himself in the sickness of Maximus.
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