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Flourish   /flˈərɪʃ/   Listen
Flourish

verb
(past & past part. flourished; pres. part. flourishing)
1.
Grow vigorously.  Synonyms: boom, expand, thrive.  "Business is booming"
2.
Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.  Synonyms: fly high, prosper, thrive.
3.
Move or swing back and forth.  Synonyms: brandish, wave.
noun
(pl. flourishes)
1.
A showy gesture.
2.
An ornamental embellishment in writing.
3.
A display of ornamental speech or language.
4.
The act of waving.  Synonym: brandish.
5.
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments.  Synonyms: fanfare, tucket.  "Her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"





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"Flourish" Quotes from Famous Books



... sunlight, he took a slow look round—Adolf was already up behind; the cockaded groom at the horses' heads stood ready to let go; everything was prepared for the signal, and Swithin gave it. The equipage dashed forward, and before you could say Jack Robinson, with a rattle and flourish ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... a comical flourish and backward courtesy, the black-haired girl disappeared through the door, but her gay spirits were contagious, and presently the younger maid joined her companion in the ...
— Tabitha's Vacation • Ruth Alberta Brown
... the slope. The four horses, sedate enough during the long drive, wound up with a flourish, the off-leader prancing, and all four making that final exhibition of untamed spirit, which is the stage-driver's secret. And from the body of the vehicle arose a ...
— Peggy Raymond's Vacation - or Friendly Terrace Transplanted • Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith
... not be proceeded with further; but the judge ruled that it was for the interest of the Countess,—he ceased to style her the so-called Countess,—that her advocates should be allowed to complete their case. In the afternoon of the second day they did complete it, with great triumph and a fine flourish of forensic oratory as to the cruel persecution which their client had endured. The Solicitor-General came back into court in time to hear the judge's charge, which was very short. The jury were told that they had no alternative ...
— Lady Anna • Anthony Trollope
... amusement chased the seriousness from her eyes. Miss Craven was in the throes of a heated discussion with Peters which involved elaborate diagrams traced on the smooth cloth with a salt spoon, and as Gillian watched she completed her design with a fine flourish and leant back triumphant in her chair, rumpling her hair fantastically. But the agent, unconvinced, fell upon her mercilessly and in a moment she was bent forward again in vigorous protest, drumming impatiently on the table with her fingers as he laughingly altered her ...
— The Shadow of the East • E. M. Hull


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