different between flourish vs develop

English

Alternative forms

• florysh, floryshe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English floryschen, from Old French floriss-, stem of some conjugated forms of florir (compare French fleurir), from Vulgar Latin *flor?re, from Latin fl?re? (“I bloom”) (and conjugation partly from fl?r?sc?), from fl?s (“flower”). See flower + -ish.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fl??.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fl??.??/, /?fl?.??/
  • (hypercorrection) IPA^(key): /?fl??.??/
• (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
• (accents with the hurry–furry merger)

Verb

flourish (third-person singular simple present flourishes, present participle flourishing, simple past and past participle flourished)

1. (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.

2. (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
   • 1795, Robert Nelson, A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England

     Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that by the means of their wickedness.
3. (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.

4. (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain

     Bottoms of thread […] which with a good needle, perhaps may be flourished into large works.

5. (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.

6. (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
7. (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     They dilate […] and flourish long upon little incidents.

8. (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
9. (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
   • 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to John Gower

     With shadowy verdure flourish'd high,

     A sudden youth the groves enjoy.

   • c. 1603-1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act IV, Scene 1

     To bring you thus together, 'tis no sin, Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the deceit.

10. (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
11. (intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:prosper

Translations

Noun

flourish (plural flourishes)

1. A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
2. An ornamentation.

4. (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

5. (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.

Translations

References

• flourish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• rushfoil

English

Alternative forms

• develope (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French développer, from Middle French desveloper, from Old French desveloper, from des- + voloper, veloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare, Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vlopp?, *wlopp? (“to wrap”) ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrappan?, *wlappan? (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) [1]. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). The word acquired its modern meaning from the 17th-century belief that an egg contains the animal in miniature and matures by growing larger and shedding its envelopes.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??v?l.?p/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /?d?v.l?p/, /d??v?.l?p/
• Rhymes: -?l?p

Verb

develop (third-person singular simple present develops, present participle developing, simple past and past participle developed or (archaic, rare) developt)

1. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
   • 1868-1869, Robert Owen, Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Vertebrates

     All insects […] acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed.

3. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
   • 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides

     We must develop our own resources to the utmost.

4. (transitive) To create.

5. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.

6. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.

7. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.

8. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
9. (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

Usage notes

• Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.

Derived terms

• co-develop, codevelop

Related terms

• developing
• development

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