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reˈflower, v.
[re- 5 a.]
†1. trans. To cause to flower or flourish again.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. i. Ark 66 As the Sommer sweet-distilling drops..Re-greens the Greens, and doth the Flowrs re-flowr [F. refleurir]. 1606Ibid. iv. ii. Magnificence 805 Her sight re-flowres th' Arabian Wilderness. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 39 To make peace prosper, justice to reflow'r.
2. intr. To flower again (Ogilvie Suppl. 1855). Also fig.
1878Swinburne Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 178 Out of the herbs on the walls reflowering. 1977Arab Times 13 Dec. 7/3 This technology has reflowered in the sports hall, where highly specialised surfaces are needed.
Hence reˈflowered ppl. a., covered with flowers again.
1907E. Nesbit in Daily Chron. 19 Feb. 6/7 Hark to the sigh of the reflowered tomb: ‘Ah, live, live, live, for Spring goes by, goes by!’ |