bourgeon
Britishnoun
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She plays an Hydra upon the Emperor, that is full as good as the Gorgon: O that I had the fruitful heads of Hydra, That one might bourgeon where another fell!
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
My budding Daphne wanted scope To bourgeon all her flowers of hope.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 by Various
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
And further still the summer, When thy fair tree, fully grown, Shall bourgeon, and grow splendid With blossoms of its own, And the fruit begins to gather, But the buttercups are mown.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
In town, with the noise of the streets, the buzz of the theatres and the lights of the ballroom, they were living lives where the heart expands, the senses bourgeon out.
From Madame Bovary by Aveling, Eleanor Marx
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