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flourished

[flur-ish, fluhr-]

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verb (used without object)

to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.

to be in its or in one's prime; be at the height of fame, excellence, influence, etc.

to be successful; prosper.

to grow luxuriantly, or thrive in growth, as a plant.

to make dramatic, sweeping gestures: Flourish more when you act out the king's great death scene.

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to add embellishments and ornamental lines to writing, letters, etc.

to sound a trumpet call or fanfare.

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verb (used with object)

to brandish dramatically; gesticulate with: a conductor flourishing his baton for the crescendo.

to decorate or embellish (writing, a page of script, etc.) with sweeping or fanciful curves or lines.

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noun

10.

an act or instance of brandishing.

11.

an ostentatious display.

12.

a decoration or embellishment, especially in writing: He added a few flourishes to his signature.

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Rhetoric. a parade of fine language; an expression used merely for effect.

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a trumpet call or fanfare.

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15.

a condition or period of thriving: in full flourish.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English florisshen < Middle French floriss-, long stem of florir ≪ Latin flōrēre to bloom, derivative of flōs flower

Related forms

flour·ish·er, noun

out·flour·ish, verb (used with object)

Synonyms
1. grow, increase. See succeed. 9. ornament. 12. ornament, adornment.

Antonyms
1. fade, decline.

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Example Sentences

The hipsters were born in the dot-com boom and flourished in the real estate bubble.

The theory journal carried out the aims of advanced research and flourished under the terms of the academic revolution.

It flourished during the first phase of the internet.

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The hipsters were born in the dot-com boom and flourished in the real estate bubble.

The theory journal carried out the aims of advanced research and flourished under the terms of the academic revolution.

It flourished during the first phase of the internet.

Horses evolved stronger, enamel-protected teeth and flourished.

As community gardens have flourished in recent years, beekeeping has likewise grown in popularity.

The trouble is, the river in which pallids flourished no longer exists.

Yet this flat-rate environment survived and even flourished as millions of people flocked online.

Thousands were marching in the streets, the black market flourished.

Other members of our genus flourished on this earth.

Bureaucracies have flourished because their efficient and rational division and application of labour is powerful.

And the empire, according to historical texts, flourished.

Triclosan or any compound that is used in consumer products flourished because it is in demand.

It is difficult to see how prehistoric man could have made his abode along the main streams while these monsters flourished.

The engineered strain flourished and soon dominated the bacterial population.

White trousers were pleasantly conspicuous, and mousselines, calicoes and organdies flourished in extenso.

Benefactors and corporations donated billions, and our foundations flourished.

Tearful people danced in the streets and flourished the inky forefingers that marked those who had voted.

Many civilizations have flourished and then failed or fallen apart.

Over long periods, long-necked giraffes survived and flourished.

The cave was named after the sea anemones, or animal flowers, that once flourished here.

As anyone slightly versed in the internet knows, the net has flourished because no government has control over it.

Most of them flourished during segregation and then withered and died when integration arrived.

People found ways to get around the ban on booze and whole illegal industries flourished.

But it has survived and flourished by swallowing hypocrisies and reversing positions to win and keep power.

But it seems to me that a great deal of evolution is a lucky chance that worked to advantage so it flourished.

In the years since, fishermen and fisherwomen have flourished with the brown trout.

Nor does it require that life exists or once flourished there, the researchers emphasize.

Yet as piracy flourished on illegal networks, legal alternatives also started to appear.

Plant and animal life also flourished in the warm climate.

Arbuckle flourished on screen, starring in a wide gamut of films that appeared almost weekly.

And both claim to detest the bloated cronyism that has flourished since the transition to capitalism.

Biodiversity has flourished where the occasional disturbance kicks open a door.

Whereas the other plants suffered for lack of fertiliser, the plants with the over-expressed gene flourished.

They never could have flourished without access to an open-distribution system.

Some people that flourished under the earlier model adapt, some don't.

In the proceeding centuries, the notion of the disembodied mind flourished.

As more meteorites have been discovered in recent years, interest in them has flourished and an illegal sales market has boomed.

Its two main purposes-rent-seeking and self-perpetuation through electoral success-have both flourished under the status quo.

Imitators sprang up everywhere and the new mbaqanga sound flourished.

When he tried to tame lions, they ate him, scorning the thin hoop he flourished in their direction.

In any event, the program has flourished under this prof's leadership, and is nearly entirely online now.

Sporometrics has flourished since he took that first phone call a decade ago.

For years the web has flourished by making information accessible to anyone online, anywhere.

Elsewhere, rival candidates from the independent right flourished.

African democracy appears to have flourished and the holding of elections has become.

Its independent-minded boffins have flourished under the company's famously laid-back approach to research and development.

But they have all flourished because they were privatised, to a degree, and forced to compete with foreign firms in the.

The concerns have flourished partly because there is so little clarity about future budgets.

The trolls have flourished thanks to the proliferation of overly broad patents-especially for software and business methods.

Disney's theme parks have flourished since ditching it.

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Word Origin & History

flourish

c.1300, "to blossom, grow," from O.Fr. floriss-, stem of florir, from L. florere "to bloom, blossom, flower," from flos "a flower" (see flora). Metaphoric sense of "thrive" is mid-14c. Meaning "to brandish (a weapon)" first attested late 14c. Related: Flourished; flourishing.

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The noun meaning "literary or rhetorical embellishment" is from c.1600.

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