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prospered

[pros-per] Origin

pros·per

[pros-per]
verb (used without object)
1.
to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
verb (used with object)
2.
Archaic. to make successful or fortunate.

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Prospered is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English prosperen < Latin prosperāre to make happy, derivative of prosperus prosperous

un·pros·pered, adjective
un·pros·per·ing, adjective


1. See succeed.


1. fail.

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Word Origin & History

prosper
mid-15c., 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,
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succeed."
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