0 past simple and past participle of prosper
1 (of a person or a business) to be or become successful, especially financially:
Lots of microchip manufacturing companies prospered at that time.
The medical goods industries prospered by the application of technologies originally created through state competition in arenas other than health care, like war.
As behaviorism prospered, the scientific investigation of mental states was discouraged.
Under these conditions it is hardly surprising that national associations have prospered only when it suited the specific interest of business or the administration.
It is likely that weaving prospered and partly relocated towards areas within easy reach of the army contractors.
Meanwhile, private commercial cemeteries prospered on the outskirts of major metropolitan areas even as the old churchyards were still being used.
These institutions differed in their theological ethos and prospered for varying lengths of time.
These alternative institutions prospered because official institutions were no longer recognised as legitimate.
After all, the lord is now a rich man; his voyages must have prospered.
