flourish

1. (noun) A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag. 2. (noun) An ornamentation. 3. (noun) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare. 4. (noun) A decorative embellishment on a building. 5. (verb) To thrive or grow well. 6. (verb) To prosper or fare well. 7. (verb) To be in a period of greatest influence. 8. (verb) To develop; to make thrive; to expand. 9. (verb) To make bold, sweeping movements with. 10. (verb) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion. 11. (verb) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions. 12. (verb) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures. 13. (verb) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish. 14. (verb) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude. 15. (verb) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.