Definition of flourish

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Flourish (v. i.) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude..

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Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture..
Croesus :: Croesus (n.) A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus..
Paraph :: Paraph (n.) A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery..
Tucket :: Tucket (n.) A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare.
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare..
Mote :: Mote (n.) The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort..
Brandish :: Brandish (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. t.) To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.
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 execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude..
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..
Troubadour :: Troubadour (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain..
Vernant :: Vernant (a.) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal..
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the flourish of a sword..
Flourishingly :: Flourishingly (adv.) In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive..
Vehmic :: Vehmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction..
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