1. to bear fruit or bear as fruit , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. Mid. to get fruit for oneself , i. e., 3. to reap crops from land, (Herdotus Historicus): metaphorically to exhaust or drain , τὴν Ἑλλάδα (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. to enjoy the interest of money, (Demosthenes Orator); so in perfect passive, τὸ ἐργαστήριον κεκαρπωμένος enjoying the profits of the shop, (Demosthenes Orator):—;absolute to make profit , (Aristophanes Comicus) 5. to reap the fruits of, enjoy the free use of , (Thucydides), etc.: —;then, 6. simply, to enjoy , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—; sometimes in bad sense, καρποῦσθαι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν (Aeschulus Tragicus); πένθη (Euripides) (ML)
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karpoō · to yield · Greek
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