Sekirov Dictionary

flourish

/ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/

verb13

  1. To thrive or grow well.
  2. To prosper or fare well.
  3. To be in a period of greatest influence.
  4. To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
  5. To make bold, sweeping movements with.
  6. To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
  7. To brandish (a weapon).
  8. To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
  9. To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
  10. To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
  11. To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
  12. To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
  13. (no longer used) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

noun4

  1. A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
  2. An ornamentation.
  3. A decorative embellishment on a building.
  4. A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
forms

flourished · flourishing · flourishes · flourisheth · flourishest

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