v. Obs. In 5 fruisshe. [ad. OF. fruiss- lengthened stem of fruir to enjoy, ad. pop. L. *fruīre (classical L. fruī deponent vb.).] trans. To enjoy. Hence *Fruishing ppl. a., Fruishingly adv.

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c. 1450.  trans. De Imitatione, III. xxiii. 92. I may not fruisshe tho iocunde clippinges that are redy to holy spirites. Ibid., III. xviii. 86, III. lvi. 133. Ibid., III. lxiii. 147. Gone all & hool into þe loue of me, in whom þei reste fruisshingly.

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