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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: flourish
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flourish
flourish
n 1: a showy gesture;
“she entered with a great flourish”
2: an ornamental embellishment in writing
3: a display of ornamental speech or language
4: the act of waving [syn:
brandish]
5: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments;
“he
entered to a flourish of trumpets”;
“her arrival was
greeted with a rousing fanfare” [syn:
fanfare,
tucket]
v 1: grow stronger;
“The economy was booming” [syn:
boom,
prosper,
thrive,
get ahead,
expand]
2: gain in wealth [syn:
thrive,
prosper,
fly high]
3: move or swing back and forth;
“She waved her gun” [syn:
brandish,
wave]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flourished
Flourish
\Flour"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Flourished; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Flourishing.] [OE. florisshen, flurisshen, OF.
flurir, F. fleurir, fr. L. florere to bloom, fr. flos,
floris, flower. See
Flower, and
-ish.]
1. To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy
growing plant; a thrive.
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A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly . . .
soil. --Bp. Horne.
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2. To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort,
happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be
prominent and influental; specifically, of authors,
painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or
production.
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When all the workers of iniquity do flourish. --Ps.
xcii 7
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Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that
by the means of their wickedness. --Nelson.
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We say
Of those that held their heads above the crowd,
They flourished then or then. --Tennyson.
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3. To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures
and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
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They dilate . . . and flourish long on little
incidents. --J. Watts.
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4. 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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Impetuous spread
The stream, and smoking flourished o'er his head.
--Pope.
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5. To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write
graceful, decorative figures.
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6. To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by
way of ornament or prelude.
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Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus? --Shak.
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7. To boast; to vaunt; to brag. --Pope.
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