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(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
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(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
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(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
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(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
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(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
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(intransitive) 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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(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
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(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
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(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
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(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
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(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
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(transitive, archaic) To brandish (a weapon).