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thrive
[thrahyv] 
,–verb (used without object), thrived or throve, thrived or thriv⋅en [thriv-uh
n] , thriv⋅ing.
[thriv-uhn] , thriv⋅ing. | 1. | to prosper; be fortunate or successful. |
| 2. | to grow or develop vigorously; flourish: The children thrived in the country. |
Origin:
1150–1200; ME thriven < ON thrīfast to thrive, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp
1150–1200; ME thriven < ON thrīfast to thrive, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp
Related forms:
thriver, noun
thriv⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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| thrive (thrīv) intr.v. thrived or throve (thrōv), thrived or thriv·en (thrĭv'ən), thriv·ing, thrives
[Middle English thriven, from Old Norse thrīfask, reflexive of thrīfa, to seize.] thriv'er n. |
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Thrive
Thrive\ (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. Throve (thr[=o]v) or Thrived (thr[imac]vd); p. p. Thrived or Thriven (thr[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving.] [OE. [thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[=i]fask; probably originally, to grasp for one's self, from [thorn]r[=i]fa to grasp; akin to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. Thrift.]1. To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry. Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold. --I. Watts. 2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success. "They by vices thrive." --Sandys. O son, why sit we here, each other viewing Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives? --Milton. And so she throve and prospered. --Tennyson. 3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.
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Language Translation for : thrive
Spanish:
crecer mucho; prosperar,
German:
gedeihen,
Japanese:
栄える
thrive
c.1200, from O.N. þrifask "to thrive," originally "grasp to oneself," probably from O.N. þrifa "to clutch, grasp, grip" (cf. Swed. trifvas, Dan. trives "to thrive, flourish"), of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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