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Webster 1913 Edition


Burgeon

Bur′geon

,
Verb.
I.
To bud. See
Bourgeon
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Burgeon

BURGEON.

[See Bourgeon.]

Definition 2024


burgeon

burgeon

English

Noun

burgeon (plural burgeons)

  1. (obsolete) A bud, sprout, shoot.

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Verb

burgeon (third-person singular simple present burgeons, present participle burgeoning, simple past and past participle burgeoned)

  1. (intransitive) To grow or expand.
    Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
  2. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting.
  3. (intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.

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