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Pronunciation : Pros"per*ous, a. [L. prosperus or prosper, originally
Part of Speech : answering
Definition : 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, n.

to hope; pro according to + the root of sperare to hope. See Despair.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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