Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Fiorí-re, v. n.
1. to flourish, bloom, flower; 2. to grow hoary or grey; 3. to flourish, prosper, to be in repute or esteem; 4. to be in its perfection;v. a. 1. to scatter flowers, to cover with flowers. V. ornare; 2. to cause to flou-rish. — le spalle, to brand a criminal with the fleur-de-lis. — le vele, to bend the sails;adj. Fiorí-scénte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
fiorire: to flowre, to flowrish, to bloome, to blossome.