flourish

  • 21flourish — /ˈflʌrɪʃ / (say flurish) verb (i) 1. to be in a vigorous state; thrive; prosper; be successful: during this period art flourished. 2. to be in its or one s prime; be at the height of fame or excellence. 3. to grow luxuriantly, or thrive in growth …

  • 22flourish — [13] To flourish is etymologically to ‘flower’ – and indeed ‘come into flower, bloom’ is originally what the verb literally meant in English: ‘to smell the sweet savour of the vine when it flourisheth’, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parson’s Tale 1386. The… …

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  • 23flourish — англ. [фла/риш] фанфары ◊ flourish of trumpets [фла/риш ов тра/мпитс] туш, торжественная церемония …

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  • 24flourish — I. v. n. 1. Thrive, grow. 2. Prosper, succeed, be successful, go on well. 3. Boast, brag, vaunt, vapor, gasconade, bluster, make a show, be ostentatious, show off, cut a dash, make a flourish. 4. Attain one s prime, be at the height of one s… …

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  • 25flourish — verb 1) ferns flourish in the shade Syn: grow, thrive, prosper, do well, burgeon, increase, multiply, proliferate; spring up, shoot up, bloom, blossom, bear fruit, burst forth, run riot Ant …

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  • 26flourish — verb 1) ferns flourish in the shade Syn: grow, thrive, prosper, do well, burgeon, increase, multiply, proliferate, run riot 2) the arts flourished Syn: thrive, prosper …

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  • 27flourish — flour•ish [[t]ˈflɜr ɪʃ, ˈflʌr [/t]] v. i. 1) to be in a vigorous state; thrive 2) to be at the height of development, activity, influence, or fame 3) to be successful; prosper 4) to grow luxuriantly or thrive in growth, as a plant 5) to make… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28flourish — [13] To flourish is etymologically to ‘flower’ – and indeed ‘come into flower, bloom’ is originally what the verb literally meant in English: ‘to smell the sweet savour of the vine when it flourisheth’, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parson’s Tale 1386. The… …

    Word origins

  • 29flourish — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a grow vigorously; thrive. b prosper; be successful. c be in one s prime. d be in good health. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by in, at, about) spend one s life; be active (at a specified time) (flourished in the Middle Ages) (cf.… …

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  • 30Flourish, Mighty Land (Prokofiev) — Flourish, Mighty Land , Op. 114, (variably called Flourish, Mighty Homeland or Prosper, Mighty Country ) is a cantata written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1947, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution, along with his Thirty Years …

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