Definition of flourish

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Flourish (v. t.) To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.

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Flourish :: Flourish (n.) Decoration; ornament; beauty.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
Blossom :: Blossom (n.) To flourish and prosper.
Coronis :: Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end..
Overflourish :: Overflourish (v. t.) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
Chara :: Chara (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. t.) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
Cadenza :: Cadenza (n.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence..
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..
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 boast; to vaunt; to brag.
Mote :: Mote (n.) The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort..
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) To be prosperous; to flourish.
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..
Palmy :: Palmy (a.) Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous.
Trouveur :: Trouveur (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture..
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the flourish of a sword..
Brandish :: Brandish (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures..
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