Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROS'PER
PROS'PER, v.t. [L. prospero, from prosperus, from the Gr. προσφερω, to carry to or toward; προς and φερω, to bear.]
To favor; to render successful. All things concur to prosper our design. – Dryden.
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