verb
definition
To favor; to render successful.
definition
To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
definition
To grow; to increase.
Examples of prospered in a Sentence
Coffee was introduced about 1870, and has prospered well.
The party, however, prospered, and grew in strength beyond all anticipation.
The family prospered, and his grandson Yahya b.
Materially the province prospered.
This firm prospered for a while, and issued in 1889 Mark Twain's own comic romance, A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court, and in 1892 a less successful novel, The American Claimant.
For a few years the colony prospered, and by 1855 its membership had doubled.
The community prospered materially from the start.
He succeeded in driving the raiders away, rebuilt the walls, and during the fifty-eight years of his episcopate the town grew and prospered.
In early days a limited number of Chinese settled in the islands, intermarried with the natives and by their industry and economy generally prospered.
Beyond these bounds it has not greatly prospered.
A considerable period of his life thus slipped away, and his affairs had not prospered.
At different times it was held by Pomerania, Poland, Brandenburg and Denmark, and in 1308 it fell into the hands of the Teutonic knights, under whose rule it long prospered.
Under his patronage the town rapidly prospered.
In 1821, it is true, all the bishops and many of their flock were put to death by way of discouraging sympathies with the Greeks; but successors were soon consecrated, by bishops sent from *Antioch at the request of the patriarch of Constantinople, and on the whole the Church has prospered.
Mistress Caitlin was delighted to see her brother and equally delighted that their mission had prospered.
The incomes of ethnic minorities Some minority groups have prospered in Britain, but others remain severely disadvantaged.
Where Baird failed, today's TV execs have prospered.
The Levesons prospered from the wool trade to such a degree that by the fifteenth century they were the wealthiest family in the area.
Dublin also prospered in many ways, and for years the leading goldsmiths and jewelers in that city were Huguenots or their descendants.
The Lord prospered his word preached to many listening souls, from Heb. IV.
The firm prospered through a series of mergers with European firms designed to take advantage of the hastening pace of integration on the continent.
Domestic policy Kulturkampf Germany experienced an economic boom as her economy prospered.
This important French city originally prospered from the silk trade, which paid for many of the lovely Renaissance buildings you'll see here.
A visit would not have prospered, not least because of the widespread conviction in Washington that Wilson's peace initiative was largely self-serving.
It grows just above normal spring tide high water mark and has prospered after assiduous protection by members of the island community.
During this period many immigrant labourers settled here; for the ironworks and dynamite factory of Baracaldo prospered greatly, owing to the increased output of the Biscayan mines, the extension of railways in the neighbourhood, and the growth of shipping at Bilbao.
Its trade and commerce prospered and in the 15th century it attained the summit of its prosperity, ruling over a district about 300 sq.
A visit would not have prospered, not least because of the widespread conviction in Washington that Wilson 's peace initiative was largely self-serving.
Roxy was the result, and in the years since its conception, the line has prospered, with Roxy footwear, eyewear and denim joining the swimsuits and sportswear it started off with.
Stralsund was founded in 1234, and, though several times destroyed, steadily prospered.
Under the latter prince the country prospered greatly, and having introduced the principle of primogeniture, he died and was succeeded by his infant son, Bernard Ernest Freund (1800-1882), whose mother, Eleanora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, governed in his name until 1821.
The Mahratta power grew and prospered till it embraced all western and most of central India.
This industry has prospered greatly, and the area of permanent pasture encroaches continually upon that of arable land.
When the other branches and the Alexandria canal silted up, Rosetta prospered like its sister port of Damietta on the eastern branch; the main trade of the overland route to India passed through it until Mehemet Ali cut a new canal joining Alexandria to the Nile.
Notwithstanding certain troubles from claims of the governor of New York and of the duke of York, the colony prospered, and in 1681 the first legislative assembly of the colony, consisting mainly of Quakers, was held.
After 1877 the state prospered markedly in all material respects.
In 1807-1814, owing to the war, communication was cut off with Norway and Denmark; but subsequently the colony prospered in a languid fashion.
This industry was introduced in 1746, and has since prospered in the hands of several wealthy families which are closely connected by intermarriage, and lend each other support.
The territories of the state were enlarged; a friendly alliance was maintained with Florence; trade flourished; in 1321 the university was founded, or rather revived, by the introduction of Bolognese scholars; the principal buildings now adorning the town were begun; and the charitable institutions, which are the pride of modern Siena, increased and prospered.
Here the Amahlubi prospered, and after the diamond fields had been discovered many of the young men who had been to Kimberley brought back firearms. These Langalibalele refused to register, and entered into negotiations with several tribes with the object of organizing a general revolt.
Small up to the beginning of the 19th century, Holywell has increasingly prospered, thanks to lime quarries, lead, copper and zinc mines, smelting works, a shot manufactory, copper, brass, iron and zinc works; brewing, tanning and mineral water, flannel and cement works.
As the industry prospered, so did the European population increase.
Business prospered during the War of 1812, but fell off after the peace.
The industry does not seem to have prospered, for when in 1567 an inquiry was made as to its condition, it was ascertained that only small rough goods were being made.
For two generations the little cause prospered, and again after persecutions in 699 and 813.
In1904-1905there were famines and some native discontent in the south of Tunisia; but in general the country has prospered amazingly under the French protec torate.
The treaty of the Tafna (1837) gave Tlemcen to Abd-el-Kader, but, war being renewed in 1842, Tlemcen was definitely occupied by the French, under whom it has prospered.
The new settlement prospered from the start, and a valuable trade was built up with the Indians, over whom Johnson exercised an immense influence.
The colony of Rensselaerwyck was the only one that prospered under the patroon system.
The land prospered rapidly during this respite from the horrors of war.