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Definition of: prosperous
(pros′pər·əs) adjective
1. Successful; flourishing.
2. Favoring or tending to success; auspicious.
3. Promising; favorable. [<MF prospereus <OF prospere <L prosper, prosperus favorable]
—pros′per·ous·ly adverb
—pros′·per·ous·ness noun
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