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Flower \Flow"er\ (flou"[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}
(flou"[~e]rd); 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.
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2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.
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Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser.
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3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
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That beer did flower a little. --Bacon.
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4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]
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Observations which have flowered off. --Milton.
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flowered \flowered\ adj.
resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers.

Syn: floral.
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