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Definition of Burgeon
1. Verb. Grow and flourish. "The burgeoning population"
Definition of Burgeon
1. v. i. To bud. See Bourgeon.
Definition of Burgeon
1. Noun. (obsolete) bud, sprout, shoot ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To grow or expand. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burgeon
1. to develop rapidly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burgeon
Literary usage of Burgeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"The radical import is probably the burgeon us impulse by which the meal is driven
... To burgeon, to grow big about or gross, to bud forth.— Bailey. ..."
2. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Scienceby Robley Dunglison by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"... MD, burgeon to the Pennsylvania Hospital, & C.; and Professor of Institutes
of Medicine in the Pennsylvania Medical College. FRANCIS GURNEY SMITH, MD, ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1875)
"The Muscles of the Human Body grouped according to their Action, with their
Vascular and Nervous Supply. By C. .1. MANNING, late House-burgeon to University ..."
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