[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That blossoms or puts forth flowers; flowering, blooming; also fig.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. viii. When euery bushe is freshe and blosomynge.
1579. Spenser, Sheph. Cal., May, 8. Bushes with bloosming Buds.
1606. Shaks., Ant. & Cl., IV. xii. 23. [They] melt their sweets On blossoming Cæsar.
1828. Scott, F. M. Perth, III. 109. Confidence in the blossoming virtues of his successor.
