reblossomv.
/riːˈblɒs(ə)m/, U.S. /riˈblɑsəm/ intransitive. To blossom again. Also figurative.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be a flowering plant [verb (intransitive)] > flower or blossom > again
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Rigermogliante Budding or burgeoning againe, reblossoming.
1651 J. Burbury tr. L. Assarino La Stratonica 131 So this poor desperate Prince, when he saw in the Roses of his Enemy, the Thorns of his Condition to re-blossom, fell to Fasting again.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. July 339/2 Your charms reblossom in a female face.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 55 The little tree his pride and affection wish'd to see re-blossom.
1816 R. Story Harvest 27 Yet blasted hope reblossom'd still.
1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana I. 115 Mere dandies are but cut flowers in a bouquet—once faded, they never can reblossom.
1950 Idaho State Jrnl. 4 Sept. 4/5 If it had not been for the Korean war, Japan's always valuable tourist trade would have begun to reblossom this summer.
1960 J. Gunther Taken at Flood 223 His early tenderness for his wife reblossomed.
2000 M. Taav Body across Map v. 59 Families too can reblossom, no matter how abominable their past behavior.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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