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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To be fortunate or successful, especially in terms of one's finances; thrive.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To be prosperous or successful; succeed; thrive; advance or improve in any good thing: said of persons.
  2. To be in a successful state: turn out fortunalely or happily: said of affairs, business, and the like.
  3. To increase in size; grow.
  4. To make prosperous; favor; promote the success of.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To favor; to render successful.
  2. v. To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
  3. v. To grow; to increase.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To favor; to render successful.
  2. v. To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
  3. v. obsolete To grow; to increase.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance

Etymologies

  1. Middle English prosperen, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperāre, to render fortunate, from prosperus, favorable; see spē- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (11)

Words with the same meaning

  1. favor
  2. succeed
  1. thrive
  2. grow
  1. increase
  2. flourish
  1. cotton
  2. boom
  1. flower
  2. bloom
  1. aid

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. turn
  1. change state

reverse dictionary (25)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. blossom
  2. bespeed
  3. 5Exactly
  4. to get ahead
  5. to get along
  1. to get forward
  2. to get on
  3. blesser
  4. daw
  5. fortunate
  1. Messiaen
  2. thrive
  3. batten
  4. speed
  5. flourish
  1. spring
  2. succeed
  3. thee
  4. avail
  5. bless
  1. cheer
  2. chieve
  3. get
  4. rise
  5. sit

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  • bilby Hmmmm. Dec 26, 2008

  • bonne And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: Dec 23, 2006

  • bonne And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: Dec 23, 2006

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