† unthrivev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To fail to thrive; to be unprosperous.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fail to prosper or thrive
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c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 411 In Cristis tyme and long aftir þroof þe Chirche,..but siþ it haþ unþrivun.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 211 For that a man scholde al unthryve Ther oghte no wisman coveite.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23767 God wil,..to chastice hem, his hond with-drawe, suffre her goodes to vnthryve.
1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 145 Vpon trust of Calles promise we may sone onthryve.
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy Proem, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 7 Whereby they were pore and made to unthrife.
1618 W. Lithgow Pilgrimes Farewell sig. E If hee vnthrives, hee hates anothers weele.
a1706 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) ii. viii. 419 Shade and dripping..are certainly causes of their [sc. trees'] unthriving till removed.
2. transitive. To make unprosperous.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > make unprosperous or unthriving
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c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 427/1 His expectatyves Many a man vnthrives.
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