thrive

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  1. intransitive verb To make steady progress; prosper.
  2. intransitive verb To grow vigorously; flourish: "the wild deer that throve here” (Tom Clancy).

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  • We need a certain kind of world in order to thrive, and that world is essentially the mild, moderately wet, biologically abundant world of the Holocene. —  Worldchanging: Bright Green
  • These give good "care" but not the personal love needed by children to thrive, and is only an option because option number seven is having the child live on the streets supporting himself by odd jobs, including petty crime. —  Blogger News Network
  • For Fillmore County to continue to progress and thrive, there needs to be growth. —  STPNS Free Public Feed
  • They must make cuts to bring the budget into balance and give taxpayers a chance to recover, thrive, and eventually produce more tax revenue for government which, at the moment, seems to be these bandits 'only interest. copyright 2008 Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association —  ChronWatch - Articles
  • "When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life." —  BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English thriven, from Old Norse thrīfask, reflexive of thrīfa, to seize.

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  1. from Middle English thriven, thryven, thrifen (preterit throf, thraf, past participle thriven), from Icelandic thrīfa, clutch, grasp, grip, reflexive thrīfask, seize for oneself, thrive, = Norwegian triva, seize, reflexive trivast, thrive, = Swedish trifvas = Danish trives, reflexive, thrive.
 

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