prosper
/ˈpɹɑspɚ/ verb B2- To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
- To grow; to increase.
He/she/it prospers · Past prospered · Past participle prospered · -ing form prospering
Verb forms
- Base form
- prosper
- He/she/it
- prospers
- Past
- prospered
- Past participle
- prospered
- -ing form
- prospering
From the library
“For my part, dear mother,” interposed Renée, “I trust your wishes will not prosper, and that Providence will only permit petty offenders, poor debtors, and miserable cheats to fall into M.
She said, “All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered.” Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, “I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried.” He said to her, “If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?”
you that lie there, may you prosper just in the same proportion as you are what you pretend to be!”
He had prospered well, and Barker had first met him in California, where they had become partners in a successful mining claim at a place called Benito Canyon.
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