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Flourished (Var.)
Answer for the clue "Flourished (Var.) ", 6 letters:
throve
Word definitions for throve in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A judge and landlord, he throve on amateur metaphysics and early anthropology, purveying monkey theories almost a century ahead of Darwin.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Throve \Throve\, imp. of Thrive .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. grow stronger; "The economy was booming" [syn: boom , prosper , get ahead , flourish , expand ] gain in wealth [syn: prosper , fly high , flourish ] [also: throve , thriven ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple past of: thrive )
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sometime past tense of thrive (v.).
Usage examples of throve.
The pharyngectomy was a success, the twins throve and Louisa counted the days until she should be gone.
Unhappily, the child neither throve in person, nor put forth feathers to cover the wings which he had.
For many years the young couple throve, and at last died, in peace and possession of plenty, leaving an honourable name, likely to descend to future generations.
He also lived and throve in bodily health in spite of evil ways, and his children were many.
It seemed that the thicker the intrigue in Buckkeep Castle, the more Chade throve on it.
The profession of begging was banned, but prostitution of course throve, and there were many acts of petty brutality, for Shanghai was an occupied city, and soldiers are men at their most beastly.
A proper, strait-laced, soft-voiced lad he has ever been, and, as a consequence, he throve in the world, and joined land to land after the scriptural fashion.
Where are the children that throve and grew In the old homestead in days gone by?
And I stood watching her, still and mute, Yet the evil seed in my soul found root, And the sad plant throve, and the sinful fruit Grew ripe in the shameful season.
About this time the female onager gave birth to a young one which belonged to the same sex as its mother, and which throve capitally.