flouren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• floure, fluren, florie, flowren

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman florir, flurir, from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfluːrən/

Noun

flouren

1. To flower or bloom (develop flowers)
2. To benefit (experience prosperity or flourishing)
3. To become famous; to develop a legendary reputation.
4. To install flowers or images of them (including in a heraldic context)
5. (of writing, rare) To flow; to develop ornament.
6. (wine, rare) To become a gold colour.
7. (cooking, rare) To add a powder (e.g. flour) to a meal.

Conjugation

Conjugation of flouren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) flouren, floure
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	floure	floured
2nd-person singular	flourest	flouredest
3rd-person singular	floureth	floured
subjunctive singular	floure
imperative singular		—
plural1	flouren, floure	floureden, flourede
imperative plural	floureth, floure	—
participles	flourynge, flourende	floured, yfloured

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: flower, flour
• Scots: flour

References

• “flǒuren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-25.
• “flǒuren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-25.