[enflurir] (1275)
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[enflurir] (1275)

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  FEW:  florere 3,629a Gdf:  enflorer 3,151a / enflorir 3,151a GdfC: ∅ TL: enflorer 3,342 DEAF:  flor 1 (enflorer)  DMF:  enfleurer  TLF: ∅ OED:  enflourish v.  MED:  enflurishen v.  DMLBS:  inflorari 1359b
enflorir,  enflourir  

v.a.

1lang.to embellish, adorn with flowery language or rhetoric: 
( 1275; MS: c.1282 )  vous avez mut enbeli vostre parole et vostre defens enflori  (C) 19

v.refl.

1bot.to blossom, bloom, bring forth flowers: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Joseph sa verge fuist portant, Que s'enflourist  (ed. s'en flourist)  27825
flur  flurir 
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