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prospering

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pros⋅per

  [pros-per]
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–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

Synonyms:
1. See succeed.

Antonyms:
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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Word Origin & History

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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