flourishing
verb
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To thrive or grow well.
“The barley flourished in the warm weather.”
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To prosper or fare well.
“The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.”
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To be in a period of greatest influence.
“His writing flourished before the war.”
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To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
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To make bold, sweeping movements with.
“They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.”
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To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
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To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
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To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
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To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
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To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
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To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
noun
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The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
adjective
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Growing, thriving, doing well
“a flourishing economy”
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