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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pros·per       [pros-per] Pronunciation Key
–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.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME prosperen < L prosperāre to make happy, deriv. of prosperus prosperous]

1. See succeed.
1. fail.
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pros·per       (prŏs'pər)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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prosper

verb
make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving" [syn: thrive

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PROSPER
["PROSPER: A Language for Specification by Prototyping", J. Leszczylowski, Comp Langs 14(3):165-180 (1989)].

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Prosper, ND Zip code(s): 58042

Prosper, TX (town, FIPS 59696) Location: 33.24023 N, 96.78589 W
Population (1990): 1018 (368 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 75078

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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