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Webster 1913 Edition
Thrive
Thrive
(thrīv)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp.
Throve
(thrōv)
or Thrived
(thrīvd)
; p. p.
Thrived
or Thriven
(thrĭv′’n)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thriving
.] [OE.
þriven
, Icel. þrīfask
; probably originally, to grasp for one’s self, from þrīfa
to grasp; akin to Dan. trives
to thrive, Sw. trifvas
. Cf. Thrift
.] 1.
To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate;
as, a farmer
. thrives
by good husbandryDiligence and humility is the way to
thrive
in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold. I. Watts.
2.
To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
“They by vices thrive.” Sandys.
O son, why sit we here, each other viewing
Idly, while Satan, our great author,
Idly, while Satan, our great author,
thrives
? Milton.
And so she
throve
and prospered. Tennyson.
3.
To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish;
as, young cattle
. thrive
in rich pastures; trees thrive
in a good soilWebster 1828 Edition
Thrive
THRIVE
, v.i.1.
To prosper by industry, economy and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate. A farmer thrives by good husbandry. When the body of laboring men thrive, we pronounce the state prosperous. Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the riches of the understanding, as well as in gold.
2.
To prosper in any business; to have increase or success. O son, why sit we here, each other viewing
Idly, while Satan our great author thrives?
They by vices thrive.
3.
To grow; to increase in bulk or stature; to flourish. Young cattle thrive in rich pastures; and trees thrive in a good soil.4.
To grow; to advance; to increase or advance in any thing valuable.