Flour"ish, v. t. 1. To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either
natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
[Obs.] Fenton.
2. To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical
figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade
of words. [Obs.]
Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the
deceit.
Shak.
3. To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or
vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.
And flourishes his blade in spite of me.
Shak.