blossom (much commoner than ‘bloom’)
1.
one lovely and full of promise
Wint. III. iii. 45
“Blossom, speed thee
well,”
1H6 IV. vii. 16,
(ironically) Tit. IV. ii. 73.
2.
“in the blossoms,” in
the prime, at the height Wint. V. ii.
140,
Ham. I. v. 76
“in the blossoms of my
sin.”
