make+a+flourish

  • 21flourish — verb 1) ferns flourish in the shade Syn: grow, thrive, prosper, do well, burgeon, increase, multiply, proliferate, run riot 2) the arts flourished Syn: thrive, prosper …

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  • 22flourish — flour•ish [[t]ˈflɜr ɪʃ, ˈflʌr [/t]] v. i. 1) to be in a vigorous state; thrive 2) to be at the height of development, activity, influence, or fame 3) to be successful; prosper 4) to grow luxuriantly or thrive in growth, as a plant 5) to make… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23make clear — Synonyms and related words: account for, affect, aid, allegorize, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, clarify, clear the way, clear up, crack, dangle, decipher, demonstrate,… …

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  • 24make plain — Synonyms and related words: account for, affect, allegorize, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, clarify, clear up, crack, dangle, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, develop,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25make an entrance — enter with style, enter with a flourish    When the duchess attends an event she likes to make an entrance …

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  • 26flourish — v 1. grow, grow like a weed, increase, develop, wax; burgeon, mushroom, boom, spring up, burst forth; sprout, bud, germinate, pullulate; bloom, blossom, flower, bear fruit, fructify; mature, maturate, ripen; luxuriate, abound, superabound. 2. be… …

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  • 27flourish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wave, wield, flaunt, brandish. See agitation. v. i. grow, prosper, thrive. See prosperity. n. fanfare; ornament. See music, ostentation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. embellishment, fanfare, wave; see… …

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  • 28To make a point — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29To make a point of — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) and Burke — Jean Jacques Rousseau and Burke Ian Harris Those who thought about the social and political order directed their attention to a new centre of interest towards the end of the seventeenth century. It was not that speculation about political… …

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