All 6 Uses of
flourish
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- [A flourish of trumpets, and ordnance shot off within.†
Scene 1.4
- Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief:—your noble son is mad: Mad call I it; for to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad?†
Scene 2.2
- [Flourish of trumpets within.†
Scene 2.2
- A flourish.†
Scene 3.2 *
- An earnest conjuration from the king,— As England was his faithful tributary; As love between them like the palm might flourish; As peace should still her wheaten garland wear And stand a comma 'tween their amities; And many such-like as's of great charge,— That, on the view and know of these contents, Without debatement further, more or less, He should the bearers put to sudden death, Not shriving-time allow'd.†
Scene 5.2
- To this effect, sir; after what flourish your nature will.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
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(flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)