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Thriven

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thrive  (thrv)
intr.v. thrived or throve (thrv), thrived or thriv·en (thrvn), thriv·ing, thrives
1. To make steady progress; prosper.
2. To grow vigorously; flourish: "the wild deer that throve here" Tom Clancy.
[Middle English thriven, from Old Norse thrfask, reflexive of thrfa, to seize.]
thriver n.


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That the fine things of life--art, music and literature--had thriven upon such enervating ideals he strenuously denied, insisting, rather, that they had endured in spite of civilization.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
'You have thriven well in the world hitherto,' said the grinder, 'now if you could find money in your pocket whenever you put your hand in it, your fortune would be made.
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She has thriven as well as child can do with the weaver; and he adopted her.
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