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Prospered

Prosper \Pros"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prospered; p. pr. & vb. n. Prospering.] [F. prosp['e]rer v. i., or L. prosperare, v. i., or L. prosperare, v. t., fr. prosper or prosperus. See Prosperous.] To favor; to render successful. ``Prosper thou our handiwork.''
--Bk. of Common Prayer.

All things concur toprosper our design.
--Dryden.

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prospered

vb. (en-past of: prosper)

Usage examples of "prospered".

The people prospered and multiplied, spreading out across the rich land, carving more holds out of solid rock, and so busy with their pursuits, that they did not realize that there were only a few dragons in the skies, and only one Weyr of Dragonriders left on Pern.

The people prospered, spreading out across the rich land, carving more Holds out of solid rock and becoming so busy with their pursuits, that they did not realize that there were only a few dragons in the skies, and only one Weyr of dragonriders left on Pern.

But the child prospered, as much because his mother was so devoted to him, carrying him about with her long after Camo should have been walking independently.

Yet why, Jaxom sought to console himself, would anyone have expected him to return tamely to Ruatha, which prospered under Lytol's expert management, when all the excitement in the world was happening here?

He was delighted to know that they had prospered so and have remembered how to speak.

Corn, wheat, sorghum, hay, truck, tobacco and even flowers could be got to market, but it was the animals who prospered most and provided the best income, particularly cattle and hogs.

Everything he had put his hand to had prospered and he was the richest man in Centennial or any town north to the Wyoming border.

He had prospered by being ready at any moment to make unpalatable decisions.

Wheat prospered on the Great American Desert, and vast farms like that of the Volkema brothers earned huge profits, for the owners had learned not to plow deep and never to harrow.

But whatever the reason, the fact remains: in these islands new breeds developed, and they prospered, and they grew strong, and they multiplied.

Now Lahaina, most beautiful of all Hawaiian towns, prospered as the national capital.

Whipple also prospered in trade, for whalers now jammed the roads—325 in 1844.

The town prospered under this protection, until the town elders foolishly built a second gate in their walls, to admit more trade.

The increase in structures and the lively boat commerce indicated that Buckkeep prospered, yet I could take no joy in it.

Yet in the years of the Red Ship War, their sheltered valley prospered and shared harvest with the devastated folk of the Bresiriga holdings that bordered them.