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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Bloom

Bloom, n.

noun

n. [O. S. blōmo, Goth. blōma, Icel. blōm, blōmi, D. bloem, bloeme, Sw. blomma, O. H. Ger. pluomo, bluomo, bluama M. H. Ger. bluome N. H. Ger. blume. The root is A-S. blōvan, to blow, blossom. Cf. BLOSSOM.]

Sense 1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. “The rich blooms of the tropics.” Prescott.

Sense 2. The opening of flowers in general; flowers open, or in a state of blossoming; as, the trees are clothed with bloom.

But not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom. Milton.

Sense 3. A state of development into beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.

A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. Thackeray.

Sense 4. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain newly-gathered fruits, as grapes, plums, &c.

Sense 5. [A-S. blōma, a mass or lump, isenes blōma, a lump or wedge of iron.] A mass of crude iron from the puddling furnace while undergoing the first hammering, previous to being rolled. Tomlinson.

Blōom, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. BLOOMED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLOOMING.] 1. To produce or yield blossoms; to flower. A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom. Milton. 2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers. A better country blooms to view, Beneath a brighter sky. Logan.

Blōom, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To put forth as blossoms. [Obs.] Charitable affection bloomed them. Hooker.