† burgev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. = burgeon v.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout forth or spring up
growc725
springOE
upspringc1000
sprouta1200
springa1225
risea1382
burgeon1382
burgea1387
to run upa1393
lance1393
bursta1400
launch1401
reke?1440
alighta1450
shoot1483
to come up?1523
start1587
to grow up1611
to come away1669
to break forth1675
upshoot1841
outgrow1861
sprinta1878
break1882
sprount1890
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 263 Germania comeþ of Germinare, þat is for to burge and bringe forþ.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 40/1 A braunche of an olyue tree burgyng.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliiii It burgesse out of many braunches.
Derivatives
burging n. and adj.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > sprouting or germinating
bearingOE
burgeoninga1382
burging1398
springingc1400
sprouting1531
upstarting1581
sprigging1583
teeming1642
germinating1657
fruticant1670
shooting1717
chipping1743
the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun]
burgeoninga1340
bud1398
burging1398
burgeona1400
tendron14..
buttona1425
pumple1523
oillet1574
dodkin1578
pimple1582
eyelet1600
knot1601
eye1618
budleta1864
button bud1869
break1933
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. lxxv Burgynge þat firste brekeþ oute of þe rote of an herbe..is calde ‘Germen’.
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