bloometh

Verb

bloom (third-person singular simple present blooms, present participle blooming, simple past and past participle bloomed)

1. (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
   • Charitable affection bloomed them.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
2. (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
   • The Tree of Life[…]blooming Ambrosial Fruit Of vegetable Gold.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
3. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
   • A flower which once / In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, / Began to bloom.1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

   Synonyms:

   blossom, flower

4. (figuratively, intransitive) To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.
   • Shadows bloomed over the yard.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
   • Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171
6. To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.

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