Past tense of flourish
regular verb
The past tense of flourish is flourished. The past participle is also flourished.
Forms of flourish
| Base form (V1) | flourish /ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | flourished |
| Past participle (V3) | flourished |
| Present participle | flourishing /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | flourishes |
Flourished in a sentence
- The barley flourished in the warm weather.
- The town flourished with the coming of the railway.
- As years passed away my halseny prediction's dark shadow forecast over the flourished copper civilization.2018, Evolution of Man to Human, page 38. From the entry halseny
- In his view, there never was a golden age when religion flourished to perfection.2008, Richard L. Bushman, Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry primordium
- With light penetrating to the lake bottom, beds of seaweed flourished where little had grown before.1995, Dan McCosh, “Aliens among us”, in Popular Science, page 94. From the entry seaweed
Meaning of flourish
- verb To thrive or grow well.
- verb To prosper or fare well.
- verb To be in a period of greatest influence.
Questions about the past tense of flourish
- What is the past tense of flourish?
- The past tense of flourish is flourished.
- What is the past participle of flourish?
- The past participle of flourish is flourished.
- Is flourish a regular or irregular verb?
- Flourish is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flourish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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