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thrive

  [thrahyv] ,
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–verb (used without object), thrived or throve, thrived or thriv⋅en  [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

Related forms:
thriver, noun
thriv⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. advance. See succeed.
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thrive   (thrīv)   
intr.v.   thrived or throve (thrōv), thrived or thriv·en (thrĭv'ən), thriv·ing, thrives

  1. To make steady progress; prosper.

  2. To grow vigorously; flourish: "the wild deer that throve here" (Tom Clancy).


[Middle English thriven, from Old Norse thrīfask, reflexive of thrīfa, to seize.]
thriv'er n.
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Word Origin & History

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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