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May 20, 2012

burgeon (lit. bear fruit) v.i.: fructify

Listed in verbs

What distinguishes her work is an ability, if not need, to write with her senses as well as her intellect. The sights and sounds of what she calls Hong Kong’s “fructifying untidiness” are abundant and enthusiastically conveyed. (R. Z. Sheppard, review of Wind and Water, by Jan Morris, Time, 1/16/1989, p. 72.)

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