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Definition of thriven :
1. of Thrive
2. p. p. of Thrive.
Synonyms:
prospered (part of speech: verb)
progressed, luxuriated, prospered, succeeded, thrived, flourished
Usage examples:
- Something of mastery and triumph in the young man's face, something in the pale radiance of the girl's, something of the mingled joy and anguish of the pierced maternal heart shining in the Mother's great grey eyes, had conveyed to the exultant little woman that the plant that had thriven upon the arid soil of Gueldersdorp had borne a perfect blossom with a heart of ruby red. - "The Dop Doctor", Clotilde Inez Mary Graves.
- I used to wonder what was the trade or business in which the minister would not have thriven, mentally I mean, if it had so happened that he had been called into that state. - "Cousin Phillis", Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.
- The frost had not so stiffened the old father Jew's fingers but that he could count gold fast enough; he had thriven uncommonly during our reverses. - "The Country Doctor", Honore de Balzac.