(ฟลอ'ริช) vi. เจริญ,รุ่งเรือง,เฟื่องฟู,มั่งคั่ง,งอกงาม,โอ้อวด. vt. แกว่ง,โบก,เดินอวด,ประดับหรูหรา. n. การแกว่งการโบก,การแสดงโอ้อวด,สำนวนสละสลวย,การประดับด้วยลายดอกไม้,ภาวะที่เจริญรุ่งเรือง., See also:flourisher n.
When young Harry stepped into Flourish and Blotts this morning to purchase my autobiography, Magical Me which, incidentally, is currently celebrating its 27th week atop the Daily Prophet bestseller list he had no idea that he would, in fact, be leaving with my entire collected works free of charge.
[かつやく, katsuyaku] (n) (1) activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; (vs) (2) to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flourish \Flour"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flourished}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Flourishing}.] [OE. florisshen, flurisshen, OF.
flurir, F. fleurir, fr. L. florere to bloom, fr. flos,
floris, flower. See {Flower}, and {-ish}.]
1. To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy
growing plant; a thrive.
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A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly . . .
soil. --Bp. Horne.
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2. To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort,
happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be
prominent and influental; specifically, of authors,
painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or
production.
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When all the workers of iniquity do flourish. --Ps.
xcii 7
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Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that
by the means of their wickedness. --Nelson.
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We say
Of those that held their heads above the crowd,
They flourished then or then. --Tennyson.
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3. To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures
and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
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They dilate . . . and flourish long on little
incidents. --J. Watts.
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4. To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements,
by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with
fantastic and irregular motion.
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Impetuous spread
The stream, and smoking flourished o'er his head.
--Pope.
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5. To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write
graceful, decorative figures.
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6. To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by
way of ornament or prelude.
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Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus? --Shak.
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7. To boast; to vaunt; to brag. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flourish \Flour"ish\, n.; pl. {Flourishes}.
1. A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor. [Archaic]
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The Roman monarchy, in her highest flourish, never
had the like. --Howell.
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2. Decoration; ornament; beauty.
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The flourish of his sober youth
Was the pride of naked truth. --Crashaw.
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3. Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or
vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite
admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious
copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures;
show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit.
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He lards with flourishes his long harangue.
--Dryden.
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4. A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely
decorative figure.
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The neat characters and flourishes of a Bible
curiously printed. --Boyle.
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5. A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of
triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical
composition; a cal; a fanfare.
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A flourish, trumpets! strike alarum, drums! --Shak.
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6. The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as,
the flourish of a sword.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flourish \Flour"ish\, v. t.
1. To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural
or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to
embellish. [Obs.] --Fenton.
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2. To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with
rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence;
to set off with a parade of words. [Obs.]
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Sith that the justice of your title to him
Doth flourish the deceit. --Shak.
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3. To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in
circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to
brandish.
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And flourishes his blade in spite of me. --Shak.
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4. To develop; to make thrive; to expand. [Obs.]
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Bottoms of thread . . . which with a good needle,
perhaps may be flourished into large works. --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flourish
n 1: a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
2: an ornamental embellishment in writing
3: a display of ornamental speech or language
4: the act of waving [syn: {flourish}, {brandish}]
5: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he
entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted
with a rousing fanfare" [syn: {flourish}, {fanfare},
{tucket}]
v 1: grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is
thriving"; "business is booming" [syn: {boom}, {thrive},
{flourish}, {expand}]
2: make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or
reach a high point in historical significance or importance;
"The new student is thriving" [syn: {thrive}, {prosper}, {fly
high}, {flourish}]
3: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" [syn:
{brandish}, {flourish}, {wave}]
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