burgeon

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The military-industrial-academic complex will burgeon, developing efficient and horrific weapons of societal control and international imperialism;

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  1. intransitive verb To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.
  2. intransitive verb To begin to grow or blossom.
  3. intransitive verb To grow or develop rapidly.

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  • At the heart of her picture was an exquisite little silver birch just starting to burgeon, treated with delicate and detailed realism. —  Last Ditch - Ngaio Marsh - Roderick Alleyn 29
  • In fact, in their sheer specificity they've been compared to biological enzymes Another application that seems set to burgeon is their use as “molecular sieves” for separation. —  Magazine - Analog Science Fiction And Fact - 2007 - Issue 03 - March (v1.0) [lit]
  • And colleges that offer programs to retrain workers who have been displaced from their jobs are likely to see demand for those programs burgeon. —  Questions/Answers
  • If the exodus from McCain to Thompson gets started, it could burgeon very quickly. —  Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
  • It also afforded her the opportunity to create a permanent home for the thousands of rare books and art objects which she had collected since 1930 and which would burgeon before her death in 1958. —  The Happy Wonderer
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burgeon:   burgeoned ·  burgeoning
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English burgeonen, from Old French borjoner, from burjon, a bud, from Vulgar Latin *burriō, burriōn-, from Late Latin burra, a shaggy garment.

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  1. Also written bourgeon, after modern F., early modern English also burgein, burgen; from Middle English burgen, burgyon, burjoun, burjion, burgon, from Old French borjon, burjon, French bourgeon, a bud; referred by some to Old High German burjan, raise, lift up.
  2. Also written bourgeon, after modern F., early modern English also burgein, burgen, from Middle English burjon, burgenen, burgynen, burjonen, borgounen, from Old French borjoner, bourjonner, French bourgeonner, bud; from the noun: see burgeon, n.
 

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