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flourish
Verb
  • To thrive or grow well. intransitive
  • To prosper or fare well. intransitive
  • To be in a period of greatest influence. intransitive
  • To develop; to make thrive; to expand. transitive
  • To make bold, sweeping movements with. transitive
  • To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion. intransitive
  • To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions. intransitive
  • To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures. intransitive
  • To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish. transitive
  • To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude. intransitive
  • To boast; to vaunt; to brag. intransitive, obsolete
Noun
  • A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
  • An ornamentation.
  • A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare. music
  • A decorative embellishment on a building. architecture