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prosper.

To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpɹɒspə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈpɹɑspɚ/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/ˈpɹɒspɚ/Canada, dialectal/ˈpɹɔspə(ɹ)/Australia
  1. To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

    intransitive
  2. To grow; to increase.

    intransitive
  3. To favor; to render successful.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“to render happy”), from prosperus (“prosperous”), from Proto-Italic *prosparos, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed”), whence also Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”).

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