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noun
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
- An ornamentation.
- His signature ended with a .
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
- The trumpets blew a as they entered the church.
Translations: - Dutch: versiering , ornament
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(trans-top, ceremonious passage)
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verb (flourish, es)
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- The barley flourished in the warm weather.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- The town flourished with the coming of the railway.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- His writing flourished before the war.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements.
- They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.
Translations: - Dutch: zwaaien, wuiven
- Spanish: prosperar
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(trans-top, be in a period of greatest influence)
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