Burgeon

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Burgeon

Pronounced:
<bur-gin>

To grow fast. To bloom.

My use:
My downloads really did burgeon. They grew amazingly fast.

Literary use:
by James Mason Hoppin
The mind's fancies had begun to burgeon in a genial sunshine ; nature gave ... in another beautiful series of Florentine Artworks

Memory trick:
burgeon

bur (reminds of) = burst
ge (reminds of) = gee
eon (reminds of) eon or a long time
burst gee eon
grows a long time

Listen: burgeon