bourgeon

British  

/ ˈbɜːdʒən /

noun

1. a variant spelling of burgeon

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Example Sentences

Their problems began to bourgeon immediately after they left New Jersey and went to Kedzie's old apartment for further debate as to their future lodgings.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

Heaven send it happy dew, Earth lend it sap anew, Gaily to bourgeon, and broadly to grow, While every Highland glen Sends our shout back agen, Roderigh Vich Alpine dhu, ho! ieroe!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

In town, with the noise of the streets, the buzz of the theaters, and the lights of the ball-room, they were living lives where the heart expands, the senses bourgeon out.

From Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life by Flaubert, Gustave

Heaven send it happy dew, Earth lend it sap anew, Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow, While every Highland glen Sends our shout back again, 'Roderigh Vich Alpine dhu, ho! ieroe!'

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

In my uncertainty as to which end would bourgeon into a head, and from which would be evolved the tail, I left both ends open that IT might be able to breathe when breath came.

From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Harland, Marion