prosper
[pros-per]
- to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
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- Archaic. to make successful or fortunate.
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Origin of prosper
1425–75; late Middle English prosperen < Latin prosperāre to make happy, derivative of prosperus prosperous
Synonyms
See more synonyms for prosper on Thesaurus.com1. See succeed.
Antonyms
1. fail.
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Prospering, he had bethought him of his younger brother, a soldier at home reputed somewhat wild.
Captain BloodRafael Sabatini
prosper
- (usually intr) to thrive, succeed, etc, or cause to thrive, succeed, etc in a healthy way
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin prosperāre to succeed, from prosperus fortunate, from pro- 1 + spēs hope
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Word Origin and History for prospering
prosper
v.
mid-14c., from Old French prosperer (14c.) and directly from Latin prosperare "cause to succeed, render happy," from prosperus "favorable, fortunate, prosperous," perhaps literally "agreeable to one's wishes," from Old Latin pro spere "according to expectation," from pro "for" + ablative of spes "hope," from PIE root *spe- "to flourish, succeed, thrive, prosper" (see speed (n.)).
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