Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bloom \Bloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Blooming}.]
   1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be
      in flower.

            A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of
            life, Began to bloom.                 --Milton.

   2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to
      show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise,
      as by or with flowers.

            A better country blooms to view,

            Beneath a brighter sky.               --Logan.