English Dictionary: flowered | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flower \Flow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flowering}.] [From the noun. Cf. {Flourish}.] 1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June. 2. To come into the finest or fairest condition. Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser. 3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. --Bacon. 4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.] Observations which have flowered off. --Milton. |