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noun

blossoming n. The process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.

Synonyms: flowering, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence.

verb

Blossom v. i. (past & past part. blossomed; pres. part. blossoming)

To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower. "The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And blossomed."

To flourish and prosper; to develop into a superior type. "Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of the world with fruit."

To appear or grow as if by blossoming; to spread out rapidly.

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Etymology of 'Blossoming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blossoming" Quotes from Famous Books

... said the veteran and Jimmy was compelled to stand up to let him pass, and then, thinking this an excellent opportunity to escape, himself fled. The Judge was still uttering profound nothings when his last words were audible, and that proved that he was a great and blossoming statesman for whom no dignity ...

— Mixed Faces • Roy Norton

... the blossoming of its Mystical Rose,—unless it be the silhouette of some passing gull, whirling his sickle-wings against the crimsoning. Ever, as the sun floats higher, the flood shifts its color. Sometimes smooth and gray, yet flickering with the morning gold, it is the vision of John,—the ...

— Chita: A Memory of Last Island • Lafcadio Hearn

... While fence the young and lusty bachelours. Beneath a pine, in eglantine embow'red, l Stands a fald-stool, fashioned of gold throughout; There sits the King, that holds Douce France in pow'r; White is his beard, and blossoming-white his crown, Shapely his limbs, his countenance is proud. Should any seek, no need to point him out. The messengers, on foot they get them down, And in salute full ...

— The Song of Roland • Anonymous

... little Francis Scott Key and his young sister, who lived here the ideal home life of love and happiness. Among the flowers of the terraced garden they learned the first lessons of beauty and sweetness and the triumph of growth and blossoming. At a short distance was a dense line of forest, luring the young feet into tangled wildernesses of greenery and the colorful beauty of wild flowers in summer, and lifting great gray arms in solemn majesty against the dun skies of winter. Through it flowed ...

— Literary Hearthstones of Dixie • La Salle Corbell Pickett

... tempted to take root in the lovely district, in the hope of also blossoming. Can you imagine me a sort of patriarchal apple-tree ...

— The Daughters of Danaus • Mona Caird

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