Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To revive, flourish, or bloom anew.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb To flourish again.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To flourish again.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ flourish

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Examples

  • If you stump the tree by cutting it down, the roots can still sprout and reflourish.

    RNC Making An Issue Out Of...A Blogger? 2009

  • With the use of fertilizers the plantain plants can reflourish quickly.

    CASTRO WARNS ORIENTE PEOPLE AGAINST HURRICANE 1966

  • But at last this same tree, through the compassionate mercy of God, and without any national (governmental) assistance, shall return to its original root, reflourish and bear abundant fruit. '

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Bishop of Hippo, only restored, or caused to reflourish, the order of canons regular, which was first instituted by the Apostles.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die, reflourish and die again.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die, reflourish and die again.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • ALL the withered parts of thee shall thereby reflourish, all thy languishing weaknesses shall be cured, thine instabilities shall be renewed, made strong and all braced up to thee, nor shall they pluck thee down whither they are descending, but they shall stay with thee and shall stand fast for ever in God's own presence, who is immutable and eternal. here for more information.

    †Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam† 2009

  • In the book, I suggest that Epicurus’s garden was a place where human and social virtues, trampled on by the so-called real world, could reflourish under carefully husbanded circumstances.

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  • In the book, I suggest that Epicurus’s garden was a place where human and social virtues, trampled on by the so-called real world, could reflourish under carefully husbanded circumstances.

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