verb. Present participle of burgeon.

noun. the act of budding or sprouting

noun. a bud or branch

noun. a new growth or expansion of something

adjective. that buds, grows or expands; developing

"The white-turbaned Shiite cleric, who has held several senior government positions since the 1979 Islamic revolution, said in an interview Tuesday that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, along with the clerics and Revolutionary Guard commanders who support him, will be defeated by what he describes as a burgeoning movement of ordinary people, ayatollahs and lawmakers."

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