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florescere

florescere [CL] , to come into flower, (fig.) to become more flourishing. nomine nempe meo florescit gloria regum Aldh. Aen. 91 (Palma) 3; a804 ut vester numerus augeatur et sanctis virtutibus semper ~escat Alcuin Ep. 272; ~escit, i. floret, blewþ, vel nascitur vel grewþ, crescit GlH F 489; quia sine dubio omnis gloria mundi in prosperitate quasi ~escit Ailr. Serm. 218B; quem cum, mater, honoras osculo, / plus florescis quam flos diluculo J. Howd. Ph. 10.

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