Category:Prosperous

Pros"per*ous, a. [l. prosperus or prosper, originally, answering to Hope; pro according to + the root of sperare to hope. See despair.]

1. Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.

A happy passage and a prosperous wind. Denham.

2. Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; Making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous Voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.

By moderation either state to bear Prosperous or adverse. Milton.

Syn. -- fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; Auspicious; lucky. See fortunate.

-- pros"per*ous*ly, adv. --pros"per*ous*ness, n.