Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Bloom (-ed, -ing)
bloom (-ed, -ing), v. [ME blomen; see bloom, n.] (webplay: blossom, flower, gathered, higher, perfection, put, trees).
- Grow; prosper; burgeon; expand; come into full beauty; [fig.] resurrect; return from death to life.
- Flourish; thrive; blossom; produce flowers; [fig.] live; (see Numbers 17:8).
- Emerge; come out of a cocoon; [fig.] resurrect.
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