thriven

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɹɪ.vən/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪvən
  • Hyphenation: thri‧ven

Verb

thriven

  1. past participle of thrive
    • 1873, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Palmetto-Leaves:
      The Brahmin cattle of India, as coming from a tropical region, were thought specially adapted to the Floridian climate, and have thriven well here.

Middle English

Verb

thriven

  1. alternative form of thryven