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throve

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throve  (thrv)
v.
A past tense of thrive.
throve
Verb
a past tense of thrive


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So the boy throve and grew big, and in the meantime all prospered with the miller, and in a few years he was richer than he had ever been before.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
So their visitors throve finely, and long before the month was out it was evident that Dr.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
An excellent man, who only wanted somebody to manage him; and, between ourselves, he found somebody to do it; and what is more, he throve on it and grew fat on it, and lived happy and died easy on it, dating from the day when my lady took him to church to be married, to the day when she relieved him of his last breath, and closed his eyes for ever.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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