To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about
in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.

To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write
graceful, decorative figures.

To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn
with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set
off with a parade of words.

To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music,
by way of ornament or prelude.

To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton
movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with
fantastic and irregular motion.

To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor,
comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be
prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to
be in a state of activity or production.

To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a
healthy growing plant; a thrive.

To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical
figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.

To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either
natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.