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PROSPERING
booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving
(adjective) very lively and profitable; “flourishing businesses”; “a palmy time for stockbrokers”; “a prosperous new business”; “doing a roaring trade”; “a thriving tourist center”; “did a thriving business in orchids”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
prospering
present participle of prosper
Source: Wiktionary
PROSPER
Pros"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prospered; p. pr. & vb. n. Prospering.] Etym: [F. prospérer v. i., or L. prosperare, v. i., or L. prosperare, v. t., fr. prosper or prosperus. See Prosperous.]
Definition: To favor; to render successful. "Prosper thou our handiwork." Bk. of Common Prayer. All things concur toprosper our design. Dryden.
Pros"per, v. i.
1. To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain. They, in their earthly Canaan placed, Long time shall dwell and prosper. Milton.
2. To grow; to increase. [Obs.] Black cherry trees prosper even to considerable timber. Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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