thrivev.

Brit.

/θrʌɪv/, U.S.

/θraɪv/

Inflections: Past tense throve

/θrəʊv/; past participle thriven

/ˈθrɪv(ə)n/; Also past tense and participle thrived

/θraɪvd/;

Forms: 1. Present stem Middle English þrifenn ( Ormulum), Middle English þriue, Middle English þriuen, Middle English þryve, Middle English thrywe, Middle English þrywe, Middle English–1500s thrife, Middle English–1500s thryfe, Middle English–1500s thryff, Middle English–1500s thryffe, Middle English–1500s thryue, Middle English–1600s thriue, Middle English– thrive, 1500s thrif. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10868 & þrifenn aȝȝ & waxenn aȝȝ Inn alle gode þinge. a1300 [see sense 1a]. 1398¹ [see sense 1a]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12139 Als mot we thriue.c1425 Cast. Persev. 548 in Macro Plays 93 Fast he gunne to thrywe. c1460 [see sense 1a]. c1480 (a1400) St. Julian 365 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 468 Allace! I thocht nocht fore to thryfe.c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 456 He thouht euer for to thryffe.?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 54 That mai..nought thrif as thai wald.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 398 We will nocht thryfe this ȝeir.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4832 Þan thrive we þe bettur. 2. Past tense.

α. northern Middle English thraf, Middle English þraf, Middle English thrafe, Middle English thrawe, Middle English (1800s also archaic) thrave, 1500s thraif. c1175² [see sense 1a]. a1400 [see sense 2a]. a1400 Sir Perc. 212 He wexe and wele thrafe.c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 49 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 2 He thrawe, þat wele fosterit was.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 53 Fre that tyme fourtht the earle Bothewell thraif newer.a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 186 While yet my body thrave On earth.

β. Middle English throf, Middle English þrof, Middle English throfe, Middle English þrofe, Middle English þroff, Middle English þroof, 1500s thrueff (Scottish), 1700s– throve. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1885 [The Britons] multeplyed, & wel þrof.c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 411 In Cristis tyme..þroof þe Chirche.1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 137 As he þat þroff neuere.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. vii. 192 He..smote doune twelue knyghtes, and the moost party of hem neuer throfe after.1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 179 Fra that tyme furthe, the said Janet thrueff never.1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. i. 45 These throve prosperously. 1830 [see sense 1a]. 1864 [see sense 1b]. 1897 T. Dunlop John Tamson's Bairns (new ed.) 203 Brawer bairn..Never throve.

γ. Middle English þryued, 1600s– thrived. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 521 Couþe I not þole bot as þou þer þryued ful fewe. 1614 [see sense 1b]. 1622 [see sense 2b]. 1640 [see sense 2b]. 1643 [see sense 1b]. 1790 [see sense 1b]. 1883 [see sense 2b].

3. Past participle.

α. Middle English threuen, Middle English threvyn, Middle English þriuen, Middle English thryffyn, Middle English thryuen, Middle English þryuen, Middle English thryve, Middle English y-threve, Middle English–1600s thriuen, 1500s–1600s thriue, 1500s–1600s þriv, 1500s– thriven. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 6546 Gentil damysels.., Þat able to mennes companye were þryuen.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5641 Quen it [the child] was thriuen and sum del ald.a1400 Theophilus ii, in Eng. Studien XXXII. 5 How wel þat he was threuen.14.. MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38 lf. 128 (Halliwell) He ys welle y-threve.1622 R. Aylett in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 202 By her when wee in life of grace haue thriue, With her we euer shall in glory liue.1643 E. Bowles Plaine Eng. 16 The guard is thriven to an Army.1830–3 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (1868) II. iii. xlii. 459 The ass has thriven very generally in the new world.

β. 1700s throve. 1758 Herald No. 21. II. 89 How very prosperously the shoots of your planting have throve.

γ. Middle English þriuid, 1600s–1800s thrived. a1400Þriuid [see sense 4]. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 228 How haue you thriu'd this yeare?1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. xii. 155 He might have thriv'd better upon the Tanzies.1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 335 All the protected species have thrived wonderfully at Nehasane.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: Middle English þrīve, first in Ormin (þrifenn), < Old Norse þrífa-sk reflexive, to thrive. So Swedish trifvas, Danish trives to thrive, flourish. No trace appears in English of the reflexive suffix, which must have been dropped before the word became naturalized. Old Norse þrífa-sk is in form the reflexive or passive of þrífa, recorded in the senses ‘to clutch, grip, grasp, lay hold of with sudden effort’. (For the sense-history Fritzner, Falk and Torp compare taka-sk, similarly used. The non-reflexive use may have started from the past participle þrifinn, thriven.)

Signification.

1. intransitive. To grow or develop well and vigorously; to flourish, prosper.

a. Of persons or plants: in early quots. (esp. Ormin) simply †To grow, to increase in some respect; also †to be successful or eminent in arms or war; in quot. 1711, †to grow stout (obsolete). Frequently const. on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > grow well or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > grow well or flourish

growc725

thrivec1175

flourish1303

provec1330

encrec1420

delighta1475

prosper1535

addle1570

fortify1605

ramp1607

luxuriate1621

succeed1812

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow

waxc1000

thrivec1175

breeda1350

grow1382

springc1384

upgrowc1430

shoot1538

bud1566

eche1567

to start up1570

vegetate1605

excresce1691

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [verb (intransitive)] > fat or plump

forwaxc897

fatc1000

burnish1398

battle1575

pinguefy1598

bellya1642

fatten1676

(to be) in flesh1677

thrive1711

feed1727

bloat1735

plumpen1795

to fill out1851

stouten1863

the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > grow well on

thrivec1862

the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > prosper through (something)

thrivec1862

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 10868 & þrifenn aȝȝ & waxenn aȝȝ Inn alle gode þinge.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8973 Hire sune wex. & þraf I wissdom. & inn elde.

a1300 K. Horn 620 (MS. C.) Ne miȝte þer non þriue.

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 280 Þe kinges douther bigan þriue.

c1330 [see α. forms].

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum viii. i. (Tollem. MS.) Ayer, by þe whiche all þinge þat haþ lyf breþeþ and þryueþ.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. lxii Fige treen þriueþ lasse in þe norþe contreies.

c1460 Wisdom 1021 in Macro Plays 69 As many roddys as myght grow or þrywe In þe space of a days Jornye.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 756/1 I thrive, as a tree or herbe groweth and dothe well, je vegete.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 25 Of his sonnes..The þrid was a þro knight þrivand in armys.

?1697 J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester (1789) 6 The young Prince continued there about twelve months, thriving apace.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 32. ⁋2 My Lady Ample..grudges herself meat and drink, for fear she should thrive by them.

1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 214 The child throve wonderfully under this caustic treatment.

c1862 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) II. 403 The Hemlock's nature thrives—on cold.

1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard I. 50 In the clear mountain air he grew and thrived with marvellous rapidity.

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door iii. 84 I throve on a diet of oatmeal, mutton and strong tea.

b. figurative of immaterial things. Frequently const. on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things

prosper1434

flourish1571

thrive1613

boom1871

to catch on1885

1613 William I in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 163 Two great impediments that valour cannot thrive.

1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III ii. lxxiii. sig. G2 What? wilt thou..where once Wisdome thriu'd, let Folly grow?

1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. ii. 50 Those innocent times, when Christianity thrived upon suffering.

1790 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) xv. 110 The manner of Michel Angelo thrived but little with them.

1864 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxix, in Monthly Packet May 479 The spirit of resistance throve the more.

1907 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 406 Thought thrives on conflict.

1972 Sci. Amer. Aug. 73/1 Patient rapport and cooperation thrived on specific instructions.

a. Of a person or community: To prosper; to increase in wealth; to be successful or fortunate; in early use sometimes †To have (good or bad) fortune, to speed, fare, ‘hap’ (well or ill). Frequently const. on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)]

theec888

i-thee971

bloomc1175

flower?c1225

soundfula1300

fructifya1325

timea1325

to bear the bloom1330

flourisha1340

prosperc1350

thrive?a1366

blossom1377

cheve1377

burgeona1382

likec1400

upthrivec1440

avail1523

fadge1573

to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587

blow1610

to be (also stand) in state1638

fatten1638

sagaciate1832

to be going strong1855

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)] > fare or get on

farec1000

chevec1300

timea1325

do1340

hapc1350

thrive?a1366

ferea1375

walka1400

chevise14..

fortunea1513

tidec1540

fend1781

go1920

?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1067 Wel yvel mote they thryve and thee.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3911 Iacob wex riche, his childer thraf [Fairf. thrafe, Trin. Cambr. þroof].

c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 16823 Ther schal but fewe—so mote I thryue!—Off hem passe away on lyue!

c1460 Wisdom 781 in Macro Plays 61 Ye! & ewyll be þou thryvande!

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 755/2 I thrive, I go forwarde in rychesse.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 69 As I intende to thriue in this new world.

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 225 Since he thriv'd best among the Gentiles.

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. iii. 279 He thriv'd in all his Pretences.

1883 Tyndall in Contemp. Rev. 44 52 Nations..and even villages thrive in proportion to the activity of their industry.

1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart p. xxv The armament firms thrive on war; the glaziers gain by broken windows.

1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) ix. 83 He thrived on good wit and stimulating intellectual conversation.

b. Of a thing: To be successful, turn out well.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)]

speedc1175

fayc1300

provec1300

flourishc1400

passc1425

prosper1434

succeedc1450

to take placea1464

to come well to (our) pass1481

shift?1533

hitc1540

walka1556

fadge1573

thrive1587

work1599

to come (good) speedc1600

to go off1608

sort1613

go1699

answer1721

to get along1768

to turn up trumps1785

to come off1854

pan1865

scour1871

arrive1889

to work out1899

to ring the bell1900

to go over1907

click1916

happen1949

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Humber xvii God is iust, iniustice will not thrive.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 240 I (kind foole) seeing the world thriu'd with me.

1640 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xviii. 138 His coosenages all thriv'd well with him; for hee knew how to play this part cunningly.

1883 F. Day Indian Fish 9 A few years since, fisheries thrived along the Beloochistan coast.

†3. ? To be saved, to remain over. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > remain or be left [verb (intransitive)] > be left over

overleaveOE

thrive1509

surmounta1533

advance1557

1509 Parlyament Deuylles (de Worde) xlv Twelue lepes of relefe therof dyde thryue, To men and chyldren that had nede.

†4. transitive (?) To cause to thrive; to prosper. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)]

thrivea1400

prospera1525

felicitate1638

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 22388 Þat alle þat wille him [sc. the Antichrist] sal with-stande, salle þriuid [Vesp. coround, Gött. cruned, Trin. Cambr. crouned] be to life lastande.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	thrive
释义	† thriven. Etymology: < thrive v. Compare Old Norse þrif thrift. Obsolete. rare. Thriving; profit: = thrift n.¹ 1, 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > a person's collective property or substance thingOE chattela1240 cattlec1275 i-wonc1275 moneya1325 tilea1325 statec1330 thrifta1350 substancea1382 chevance1477 graith?a1513 estate1563 wortha1586 thrive1592 fortune1596 store1600 boodle1699 circumstancea1704 society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood lifeOE foodOE livelihoodc1300 livingc1330 ploughc1390 purchasec1475 daily bread1526 being1570 governing1572 shift1572 supportation1576 thrift1579 livelihead1590 thrive1592 breadwinnera1614 subsistence1644 gain1655 bread and butter1691 through-bearing1705 bread1719 bread ticket1801 daily1817 lifehood1823 rice bowl1853 crust1916 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > personal income or acquired wealth yearningeOE livelihooda1325 livingc1330 thrifta1350 fanging1493 thrive1592 stipend1605 censea1637 revenue1653 private income1725 establishment1726 take1937 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie ii Such one as seeks not after gainfull thriue, But firmely doth his thoughts to honor bind. 1604 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 263/2 The Sweitnes of the thrife, Peace, wealth, and felicitie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). thrivev. Brit. /θrʌɪv/, U.S. /θraɪv/ Inflections: Past tense throve /θrəʊv/; past participle thriven /ˈθrɪv(ə)n/; Also past tense and participle thrived /θraɪvd/; Forms: 1. Present stem Middle English þrifenn ( Ormulum), Middle English þriue, Middle English þriuen, Middle English þryve, Middle English thrywe, Middle English þrywe, Middle English–1500s thrife, Middle English–1500s thryfe, Middle English–1500s thryff, Middle English–1500s thryffe, Middle English–1500s thryue, Middle English–1600s thriue, Middle English– thrive, 1500s thrif. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10868 & þrifenn aȝȝ & waxenn aȝȝ Inn alle gode þinge. a1300 [see sense 1a]. 1398¹ [see sense 1a]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12139 Als mot we thriue.c1425 Cast. Persev. 548 in Macro Plays 93 Fast he gunne to thrywe. c1460 [see sense 1a]. c1480 (a1400) St. Julian 365 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 468 Allace! I thocht nocht fore to thryfe.c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 456 He thouht euer for to thryffe.?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 54 That mai..nought thrif as thai wald.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 398 We will nocht thryfe this ȝeir.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4832 Þan thrive we þe bettur. 2. Past tense. α. northern Middle English thraf, Middle English þraf, Middle English thrafe, Middle English thrawe, Middle English (1800s also archaic) thrave, 1500s thraif. c1175² [see sense 1a]. a1400 [see sense 2a]. a1400 Sir Perc. 212 He wexe and wele thrafe.c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 49 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 2 He thrawe, þat wele fosterit was.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 53 Fre that tyme fourtht the earle Bothewell thraif newer.a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 186 While yet my body thrave On earth. β. Middle English throf, Middle English þrof, Middle English throfe, Middle English þrofe, Middle English þroff, Middle English þroof, 1500s thrueff (Scottish), 1700s– throve. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1885 [The Britons] multeplyed, & wel þrof.c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 411 In Cristis tyme..þroof þe Chirche.1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 137 As he þat þroff neuere.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. vii. 192 He..smote doune twelue knyghtes, and the moost party of hem neuer throfe after.1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 179 Fra that tyme furthe, the said Janet thrueff never.1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. i. 45 These throve prosperously. 1830 [see sense 1a]. 1864 [see sense 1b]. 1897 T. Dunlop John Tamson's Bairns (new ed.) 203 Brawer bairn..Never throve. γ. Middle English þryued, 1600s– thrived. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 521 Couþe I not þole bot as þou þer þryued ful fewe. 1614 [see sense 1b]. 1622 [see sense 2b]. 1640 [see sense 2b]. 1643 [see sense 1b]. 1790 [see sense 1b]. 1883 [see sense 2b]. 3. Past participle. α. Middle English threuen, Middle English threvyn, Middle English þriuen, Middle English thryffyn, Middle English thryuen, Middle English þryuen, Middle English thryve, Middle English y-threve, Middle English–1600s thriuen, 1500s–1600s thriue, 1500s–1600s þriv, 1500s– thriven. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 6546 Gentil damysels.., Þat able to mennes companye were þryuen.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5641 Quen it [the child] was thriuen and sum del ald.a1400 Theophilus ii, in Eng. Studien XXXII. 5 How wel þat he was threuen.14.. MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38 lf. 128 (Halliwell) He ys welle y-threve.1622 R. Aylett in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 202 By her when wee in life of grace haue thriue, With her we euer shall in glory liue.1643 E. Bowles Plaine Eng. 16 The guard is thriven to an Army.1830–3 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (1868) II. iii. xlii. 459 The ass has thriven very generally in the new world. β. 1700s throve. 1758 Herald No. 21. II. 89 How very prosperously the shoots of your planting have throve. γ. Middle English þriuid, 1600s–1800s thrived. a1400Þriuid [see sense 4]. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 228 How haue you thriu'd this yeare?1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. xii. 155 He might have thriv'd better upon the Tanzies.1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 335 All the protected species have thrived wonderfully at Nehasane. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Middle English þrīve, first in Ormin (þrifenn), < Old Norse þrífa-sk reflexive, to thrive. So Swedish trifvas, Danish trives to thrive, flourish. No trace appears in English of the reflexive suffix, which must have been dropped before the word became naturalized. Old Norse þrífa-sk is in form the reflexive or passive of þrífa, recorded in the senses ‘to clutch, grip, grasp, lay hold of with sudden effort’. (For the sense-history Fritzner, Falk and Torp compare taka-sk, similarly used. The non-reflexive use may have started from the past participle þrifinn, thriven.) Signification. 1. intransitive. To grow or develop well and vigorously; to flourish, prosper. a. Of persons or plants: in early quots. (esp. Ormin) simply †To grow, to increase in some respect; also †to be successful or eminent in arms or war; in quot. 1711, †to grow stout (obsolete). Frequently const. on. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > grow well or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > grow well or flourish growc725 thrivec1175 flourish1303 provec1330 encrec1420 delighta1475 prosper1535 addle1570 fortify1605 ramp1607 luxuriate1621 succeed1812 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (intransitive)] > grow waxc1000 thrivec1175 breeda1350 grow1382 springc1384 upgrowc1430 shoot1538 bud1566 eche1567 to start up1570 vegetate1605 excresce1691 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [verb (intransitive)] > fat or plump forwaxc897 fatc1000 burnish1398 battle1575 pinguefy1598 bellya1642 fatten1676 (to be) in flesh1677 thrive1711 feed1727 bloat1735 plumpen1795 to fill out1851 stouten1863 the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > grow well on thrivec1862 the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > prosper through (something) thrivec1862 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 10868 & þrifenn aȝȝ & waxenn aȝȝ Inn alle gode þinge. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8973 Hire sune wex. & þraf I wissdom. & inn elde. a1300 K. Horn 620 (MS. C.) Ne miȝte þer non þriue. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 280 Þe kinges douther bigan þriue. c1330 [see α. forms]. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum viii. i. (Tollem. MS.) Ayer, by þe whiche all þinge þat haþ lyf breþeþ and þryueþ. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. lxii Fige treen þriueþ lasse in þe norþe contreies. c1460 Wisdom 1021 in Macro Plays 69 As many roddys as myght grow or þrywe In þe space of a days Jornye. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 756/1 I thrive, as a tree or herbe groweth and dothe well, je vegete. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 25 Of his sonnes..The þrid was a þro knight þrivand in armys. ?1697 J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester (1789) 6 The young Prince continued there about twelve months, thriving apace. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 32. ⁋2 My Lady Ample..grudges herself meat and drink, for fear she should thrive by them. 1830 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets 214 The child throve wonderfully under this caustic treatment. c1862 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) II. 403 The Hemlock's nature thrives—on cold. 1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard I. 50 In the clear mountain air he grew and thrived with marvellous rapidity. 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door iii. 84 I throve on a diet of oatmeal, mutton and strong tea. b. figurative of immaterial things. Frequently const. on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things prosper1434 flourish1571 thrive1613 boom1871 to catch on1885 1613 William I in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 163 Two great impediments that valour cannot thrive. 1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III ii. lxxiii. sig. G2 What? wilt thou..where once Wisdome thriu'd, let Folly grow? 1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. ii. 50 Those innocent times, when Christianity thrived upon suffering. 1790 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) xv. 110 The manner of Michel Angelo thrived but little with them. 1864 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxix, in Monthly Packet May 479 The spirit of resistance throve the more. 1907 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 406 Thought thrives on conflict. 1972 Sci. Amer. Aug. 73/1 Patient rapport and cooperation thrived on specific instructions. 2. a. Of a person or community: To prosper; to increase in wealth; to be successful or fortunate; in early use sometimes †To have (good or bad) fortune, to speed, fare, ‘hap’ (well or ill). Frequently const. on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] theec888 i-thee971 bloomc1175 flower?c1225 soundfula1300 fructifya1325 timea1325 to bear the bloom1330 flourisha1340 prosperc1350 thrive?a1366 blossom1377 cheve1377 burgeona1382 likec1400 upthrivec1440 avail1523 fadge1573 to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587 blow1610 to be (also stand) in state1638 fatten1638 sagaciate1832 to be going strong1855 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)] > fare or get on farec1000 chevec1300 timea1325 do1340 hapc1350 thrive?a1366 ferea1375 walka1400 chevise14.. fortunea1513 tidec1540 fend1781 go1920 ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1067 Wel yvel mote they thryve and thee. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3911 Iacob wex riche, his childer thraf [Fairf. thrafe, Trin. Cambr. þroof]. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 16823 Ther schal but fewe—so mote I thryue!—Off hem passe away on lyue! c1460 Wisdom 781 in Macro Plays 61 Ye! & ewyll be þou thryvande! 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 755/2 I thrive, I go forwarde in rychesse. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 69 As I intende to thriue in this new world. View more context for this quotation 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 225 Since he thriv'd best among the Gentiles. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. iii. 279 He thriv'd in all his Pretences. 1883 Tyndall in Contemp. Rev. 44 52 Nations..and even villages thrive in proportion to the activity of their industry. 1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart p. xxv The armament firms thrive on war; the glaziers gain by broken windows. 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) ix. 83 He thrived on good wit and stimulating intellectual conversation. b. Of a thing: To be successful, turn out well. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] speedc1175 fayc1300 provec1300 flourishc1400 passc1425 prosper1434 succeedc1450 to take placea1464 to come well to (our) pass1481 shift?1533 hitc1540 walka1556 fadge1573 thrive1587 work1599 to come (good) speedc1600 to go off1608 sort1613 go1699 answer1721 to get along1768 to turn up trumps1785 to come off1854 pan1865 scour1871 arrive1889 to work out1899 to ring the bell1900 to go over1907 click1916 happen1949 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Humber xvii God is iust, iniustice will not thrive. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 240 I (kind foole) seeing the world thriu'd with me. 1640 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xviii. 138 His coosenages all thriv'd well with him; for hee knew how to play this part cunningly. 1883 F. Day Indian Fish 9 A few years since, fisheries thrived along the Beloochistan coast. †3. ? To be saved, to remain over. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > remain or be left [verb (intransitive)] > be left over overleaveOE thrive1509 surmounta1533 advance1557 1509 Parlyament Deuylles (de Worde) xlv Twelue lepes of relefe therof dyde thryue, To men and chyldren that had nede. †4. transitive (?) To cause to thrive; to prosper. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] thrivea1400 prospera1525 felicitate1638 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 22388 Þat alle þat wille him [sc. the Antichrist] sal with-stande, salle þriuid [Vesp. coround, Gött. cruned, Trin. Cambr. crouned] be to life lastande. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1592v.c1175
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