Definition of flourish

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Flourish (v. i.) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures..

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Antique :: Antique (a.) Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome..
Reflourish :: Reflourish (v. t. & i.) To flourish again.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion..
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. t.) To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash..
Vernant :: Vernant (a.) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal..
Grow :: Grow (v. i.) To spring up and come to matturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture..
Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production..
Brandish :: Brandish (n.) To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish..
Mastersinger :: Mastersinger (n.) One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
Overflourish :: Overflourish (v. t.) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude..
Thrive :: Thrive (v. i.) To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
Flourishingly :: Flourishingly (adv.) In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
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