fl
= L. floruit he flourished (flourish v. 4).
| 1879 Lewis & Short Latin Dict. p. xi/1, F. Vegetius Renatus, writer on the art of war, fl. a.d. 386. 1905 F. H. Collins Author & Printer 124/1 fl., floruit (flourished). 1959 Webster's Biogr. Dict. 808/1 Kay.., John. fl. 1733–1764. English inventor of flying..shuttle. |