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pros⋅per
[pros-per] 
pər
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to be successful or fortunate, esp. in financial respects; thrive; flourish. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | Archaic. to make successful or fortunate. |
Antonyms:
1. fail.
1. fail.
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| pros·per (prŏs'pər) intr.v. pros·pered, pros·per·ing, pros·pers To be fortunate or successful, especially in terms of one's finances; thrive. [Middle English prosperen, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperāre, to render fortunate, from prosperus, favorable; see spē- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Prosper
Pros"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prospered; p. pr. & vb. n. Prospering.] [F. prosp['e]rer v. i., or L. prosperare, v. i., or L. prosperare, v. t., fr. prosper or prosperus. See Prosperous.] To favor; to render successful. "Prosper thou our handiwork." --Bk. of Common Prayer. All things concur toprosper our design. --Dryden.Prosper
Pros"per\, v. i. 1. To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain. They, in their earthly Canaan placed, Long time shall dwell and prosper. --Milton. 2. To grow; to increase. [Obs.] Black cherry trees prosper even to considerable timber. --Evelyn.
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Language Translation for : prosper
Spanish:
prosperar,
German:
blühen,
Japanese:
成功する
prosper
c.1460, from O.Fr. prosperer (14c.), from L. prosperare "cause to succeed, render happy," from prosperus "favorable, fortunate, prosperous," perhaps lit. "agreeable to one's wishes," from Old L. pro spere "according to expectation," from pro "for" + abl. of spes "hope," from PIE base *spei- "to flourish, succeed." Prosperous is first recorded 1445, originally "tending to bring success;" in the sense of "flourishing" it is first recorded 1472.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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PROSPER
["PROSPER: A Language for Specification by Prototyping", J. Leszczylowski, Comp Langs 14(3):165-180 (1989)].
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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