单词 | prospering |
释义 | prosperingn. The action or fact of flourishing or doing well, or of causing something to prosper; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > instances of wealtha1300 prosperities1340 prospering?1567 well-beings1643 the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > flourishing condition statea1387 verdour1447 virtuec1450 thrivingc1460 provinga1529 prospering?1567 verdurec1595 flourish1597 efflorescency1649 efflorescence1672 flourishing1717 flourishment1724 booming1881 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xx. 44 This prayth for kinges Good prosperinges, Theyr realmes to have defence. 1610 A. Willet Hexapla in Danielem ii. 454 The prospering here spoken of is not vnderstood of any spirituall successe by the preaching of the Gospell, but of such prosperous euents as are compassed by violence and force of armes. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 29 Continuall Successe in obtaining those things which a man from time to time desireth, that is to say, continuall prospering, is that [which] men call Felicity. 1701 Serious Exhort. Pract. Relig. Duties v. 23 God..whose Providence is so needful for you for the prospering your Handy-work. 1857 N. P. Willis Paul Fane xxx. 346 I once sought your influence for the prospering of Arthur's passion. 1926 Times 9 June 18/4 Prosperity in its widest sense; the prospering of a fine people living in a fine land. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 342 Thanks to the goat-boy's prospering, we had lately become a two-car family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). prosperingadj. That prospers; flourishing, successful, prosperous. Also: that causes a person or thing to prosper. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] i-selic888 wealyc893 blaed-fastOE i-sundfulc1000 full-thrivenc1175 well-donea1200 wealfulc1230 i-selec1275 neotsumc1275 prosperc1350 wealsomea1382 well begonea1393 prosperable?c1422 thriftyc1440 prosperousc1450 quartful?c1475 wealthyc1480 wella1500 prospering1587 felicious1599 thriving1607 felicitous1641 prospered1651 well-faring1712 well-doing1800 made-up1956 1587 E. Hake Oration conteyning Expostulation To Rdr. sig. A3 Such vnnaturall Treasons and Conspyracies as haue bene heretofore intended agaynst this our well prospering gouernment. 1637 W. Alexander Paraenesis to Prince in Recreat. Muses ii. 300 Every State by long experience findes, That greatest blessings prosp'ring Peace imparts. a1720 W. Dunlop Serm. (1722) I. 74 We should make cowardly Compliances with prospering Wickedness, and forsake the Ways of Religion. 1794 R. Burns Let. 20 Dec. (1985) II. 332 God grant that it may find you & yours in prospering health & good spirits! 1824 C. M. Sedgwick Redwood III. xxvii. 287 Emily makes a first-rate wife, which I take to be partly owing to her having learnt many prudent and prospering ways among them shakers. 1854 E. G. Holland Mem. J. Badger xviii. 349 The pastor of a prospering church. 1957 A. Clarke Too Great Vine 13 She had prospering money in the bank. 1994 L. Gordon Charlotte Brontë (1995) x. 325 He was no different, really, from other paternalistic Victorians of his prospering class. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1567adj.1587 |
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