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Make one's husband flourish (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brandish

'flourish' is the definition.
('brandish' can be a synonym of 'flourish')

'make one's husband' is the wordplay.
'make' becomes 'brand' ('brand' can be a synonym of 'make'**).
'one's' becomes 'is' (roman numeral).
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'brand'+'is'+'h'='BRANDISH'

(Other definitions for brandish that I've seen before include "Wave vigorously" , "Exhibit aggressively" , "Flaunt" , "Flourish aggressively" , "Wave, flourish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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