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flourishing

/ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/

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verb

To thrive or grow well.
"The barley flourished in the warm weather."
To prosper or fare well.
"The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business."
To be in a period of greatest influence.
"His writing flourished before the war."
To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
To make bold, sweeping movements with.
"They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace."
To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

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