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    flour·ish
    [ˈfləriSH]
    verb
    flourish (verb) · flourishes (third person present) · flourished (past tense) · flourished (past participle) · flourishing (present participle)
    1. (of a person, animal, or other living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment:
      "wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake"
      • develop rapidly and successfully:
        "the organization has continued to flourish"
      • (of a person) be working or at the height of one's career during a specified period:
        "the caricaturist and wit who flourished in the early years of this century"
    2. (of a person) wave (something) around to attract the attention of others:
      "“Happy New Year!” he yelled, flourishing a bottle of whiskey"
    noun
    flourish (noun) · flourishes (plural noun)
    1. a bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract the attention of others:
      "with a flourish, she ushered them inside"
      • an elaborate rhetorical or literary expression.
      • an ornamental flowing curve in handwriting or scrollwork:
        "spiky gothic letters with an emphatic flourish beneath them"
    2. an instance of suddenly performing or developing in an impressively successful way:
      "the Bulldogs produced a late second-half flourish"
    3. music
      a fanfare played by brass instruments:
      "a flourish of trumpets"
      • an ornate musical passage.
      • an improvised addition played especially at the beginning or end of a composition.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French floriss-, lengthened stem of florir, based on Latin florere, from flos, flor- ‘a flower’. The noun senses ‘ornamental curve’ and ‘florid expression’ come from an obsolete sense of the verb, ‘adorn’ (originally with flowers).
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    verb
    1. (of a person, animal, or other living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment:
      grow
      thrive
      prosper
      develop
      burgeon
      increase
      multiply
      proliferate
      shoot up
      bloom
      blossom
      bear fruit
      run riot
      boom
      mushroom
      grow/do well
      spring up
      burst forth
      put on a spurt
      Opposite:
      die
      wither
    2. (of a person) wave (something) around to attract the attention of others:
      brandish
      wave
      shake
      wield
      raise
      swing
      twirl
      wag
      swish
      flap
      display
      exhibit
      flaunt
      vaunt
      parade
      show off
      hold aloft
    noun
    1. a fanfare played by brass instruments:
      fanfaronade
      trump
      tucket
      peal of trumpets
      trumpet call
      trumpet blare
       
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