throve

Related to throve: thrive

throve

(thrōv)

A past tense of thrive.

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throve

(θrəʊv)

a past tense of thrive

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thrive

(θraɪv)

v.i. thrived throve, thrived thriv•en (ˈθrɪv ən) thriv•ing.

1. to prosper; be successful.

2. to grow or develop vigorously; flourish.

[1150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse thrīfast to thrive, reflexive of thrīfa to grasp]

thriv′er, n.

thriv′ing•ly, adv.

References in classic literature ?

The little maid throve wonderfully, and in a few months she could run about and speak.

They had a great deal of trouble and worry with him too; but he throve and grew very quickly, and before he was a year old he could run about and talk.

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The painters we throve by had died long enough ago for pedigrees to get confused, and identities disputable; and if I had been desirous of really purchasing a genuine Old Master for myself--speaking as a practical man--I don't know where I should have gone to ask for one, or whose judgment I could have safely relied on to guard me from being cheated, before I bought it.