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Prospering   /prˈɑspərɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Prosper  v. t.  (past & past part. prospered; pres. part. prospering)  To favor; to render successful. "Prosper thou our handiwork." "All things concur toprosper our design."


Prosper  v. i.  
1.
To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain. "They, in their earthly Canaan placed, Long time shall dwell and prosper."
2.
To grow; to increase. (Obs.) "Black cherry trees prosper even to considerable timber."





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"Prospering" Quotes from Famous Books



... married to a niece of Sir Richard Stanford's, whom he had met whilst visiting friends in New York; and she was one who would help in the work for Christ which he carried on in the neighbourhood of his farm. He was prospering as regarded worldly matters, and he hoped soon to take a run home and introduce his bride to his loved mother and his kind friend Mrs. Willoughby. He added, "I need hardly say that ere I asked Edith to marry me I told ...
— Little Frida - A Tale of the Black Forest • Anonymous
... Palace of glory, bless'd by glory's king. With prospering shade embower me, whilst I sing Thy wonders yet unreached by mortal flight. Sky-piercing mountain! in thy bowers of love, No tears are seen, save where medicinal stalks Weep drops balsamic o'er the silvered ...
— Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems • Henry Hart Milman
... for some time successfully; but afterward, falling into disputes with the Bishop, and his affairs generally not prospering, he sold his rights to Prince Henry of Portugal—also, as it strangely appears, to another person—and afterward settled in Madeira. The claims to the government of the Canaries were, for many years, in a most entangled state; and the right to ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various
... Just as New England was the Puritans' refuge, so Maryland, granted to Lord Baltimore in 1632, was a haven for the persecuted Roman Catholics. A large tract south of Virginia, known as Carolina, had been granted to eight nobles in 1663; but it was prospering so poorly that its proprietors were willing to sell it to the king in 1729 for a mere L50,000. The capture of the Dutch colony of New Netherland [Footnote: Rechristened New York. It included New Jersey also.] in 1664, and the settlement of Pennsylvania (1681) by William ...
— A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. • Carlton J. H. Hayes
... time, the school is prospering. February 16, 1827, Catherine writes to Dr. Beecher: "My affairs go on well. The stock is all taken up, and next week I hope to have out the prospectus of the 'Hartford Female Seminary.' I hope the building will be done, and all things in order, by June. The English lady is coming ...
— The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe • Charles Edward Stowe


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