flourished
- 1Simple past and past participle of flourish.
Trade flourished along the river for several centuries.
Arts and sciences flourished under the new ruler.
Note
A regular past form: one -ed spelling covers both trade flourished and trade has flourished. Most of its uses are intransitive (thriving, prospering, being at a peak), so it rarely turns up in the passive. Only the transitive senses, developing something or waving it boldly, allow one: a sword flourished overhead. Keep that participle apart from the adjective for ornamented script.
- 2Ornamented with sweeping, curved decorative strokes.
The calligrapher produced a richly flourished title page.
Her wedding ring bore a flourished engraving along the band.
Similarembellished, decorated, ornate
Oppositeplain
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flourished is a form of flourish
flourish, verb: To grow strongly and in good health; to thrive. Full entry
- Forms
- flourishflourishes he/she/itflourishing -ing formflourished past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- flourish → flourished: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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