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Webster 1913 Edition

Prosperous

Pros′per-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
prosperus
or
prosper
, originally, answering to hope;
pro
according to + the root of
sperare
to hope. See
Despair
.]
1.
Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
A happy passage and a
prosperous
wind.
Denham.
2.
Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful;
as, a
prosperous
voyage; a
prosperous
undertaking; a
prosperous
man or nation.
By moderation either state to bear
Prosperous
or adverse.
Milton.
Syn. – Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; auspicious; lucky. See
Fortunate
.
–
Pros′per-ous-ly
,
adv.
–
Pros′per-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prosperous

PROS'PEROUS

,
Adj.
[L.prosperus.] Advancing in the pursuit of any thing desirable; making gain or increase; thriving; successful; as a prosperous trade; a prosperous voyage; a prosperous expedition or undertaking; a prosperous man, family or nation; a prosperous war.
The seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit. Zech.8.
1.
Favorable; favoring success; as a prosperous wind.

Definition 2024

prosperous

prosperous

English

Adjective

prosperous ‎(comparative more prosperous, superlative most prosperous)

  1. characterized by success
    Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.
  2. well off; affluent
    He was raised in a very prosperous household.
  3. favorable
    He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening.

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Etymology

From Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperare, to cause to succeed, from Old Latin pro spere, according to expectation, from pro, for, and spes, hope

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