All 4 Uses of
flourish
in
Julius Caesar
- [Flourish and shout.]
Scene 1.2 (definition 1)flourish = wave or make a showy gesture
- [Shout. Flourish.]
Scene 1.2 (definition 1)
- [A crowd of people in the street leading to the Capitol, among them Artemidorus and the Soothsayer. Flourish. Enter Caesar, Brutus, ..., and others.]
Scene 3.1 (definition 1) *flourish = fanfare played by trumpets to announce the entry or exit of royalty
- Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.
Scene 3.2 (definition 2) *flourish'd = grew
Definitions:
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(1) (flourish as in: dismissed them with a flourish) a showy gesture
or:
the act of waving -- a hand or an item
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(2) (flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)