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bourgeon
bour·geon B0423300 (bûr′jən)v. Variant of burgeon.bourgeon (ˈbɜːdʒən) n, vb a variant spelling of burgeonbur•geon or bour•geon (ˈbɜr dʒən)
v.i. 1. to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. 2. to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often fol. by out, forth). [1300–50; Middle English burjon, burion shoot, bud < Old French burjon < Vulgar Latin *burriōnem] usage: The two senses of burgeon, “to bud” and “to grow or flourish,” date from the 14th century. Today the sense “to grow or flourish” is the more common. Occasionally, objections are raised to this use, perhaps because of its popularity in journalistic writing. bourgeon
Past participle: bourgeoned
Gerund: bourgeoning
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| bourgeon | | bourgeon |
| Present |
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| I bourgeon | | you bourgeon | | he/she/it bourgeons | | we bourgeon | | you bourgeon | | they bourgeon |
| Preterite |
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| I bourgeoned | | you bourgeoned | | he/she/it bourgeoned | | we bourgeoned | | you bourgeoned | | they bourgeoned |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am bourgeoning | | you are bourgeoning | | he/she/it is bourgeoning | | we are bourgeoning | | you are bourgeoning | | they are bourgeoning |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have bourgeoned | | you have bourgeoned | | he/she/it has bourgeoned | | we have bourgeoned | | you have bourgeoned | | they have bourgeoned |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was bourgeoning | | you were bourgeoning | | he/she/it was bourgeoning | | we were bourgeoning | | you were bourgeoning | | they were bourgeoning |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had bourgeoned | | you had bourgeoned | | he/she/it had bourgeoned | | we had bourgeoned | | you had bourgeoned | | they had bourgeoned |
| Future |
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| I will bourgeon | | you will bourgeon | | he/she/it will bourgeon | | we will bourgeon | | you will bourgeon | | they will bourgeon |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have bourgeoned | | you will have bourgeoned | | he/she/it will have bourgeoned | | we will have bourgeoned | | you will have bourgeoned | | they will have bourgeoned |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be bourgeoning | | you will be bourgeoning | | he/she/it will be bourgeoning | | we will be bourgeoning | | you will be bourgeoning | | they will be bourgeoning |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been bourgeoning | | you have been bourgeoning | | he/she/it has been bourgeoning | | we have been bourgeoning | | you have been bourgeoning | | they have been bourgeoning |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been bourgeoning | | you will have been bourgeoning | | he/she/it will have been bourgeoning | | we will have been bourgeoning | | you will have been bourgeoning | | they will have been bourgeoning |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been bourgeoning | | you had been bourgeoning | | he/she/it had been bourgeoning | | we had been bourgeoning | | you had been bourgeoning | | they had been bourgeoning |
| Conditional |
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| I would bourgeon | | you would bourgeon | | he/she/it would bourgeon | | we would bourgeon | | you would bourgeon | | they would bourgeon |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have bourgeoned | | you would have bourgeoned | | he/she/it would have bourgeoned | | we would have bourgeoned | | you would have bourgeoned | | they would have bourgeoned |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | bourgeon - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"burgeon forth, germinate, sprout, spud, pullulate, shootgrow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants" |
EncyclopediaSeeburgeonbourgeon
Synonyms for bourgeonverb produce buds, branches, or germinateSynonyms- burgeon forth
- germinate
- sprout
- spud
- pullulate
- shoot
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