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Definition
to grow stronger or to be doing well
- They prospered in a small way; there was enough money in their account in San Antonio that they could have considered themselves rich, had that notion interested them.Chapters 7-8 (32% in)
- "Maybe a free whore, too, if he's prospering.Chapters 42-43 (16% in)
- Of course, he had prospered in the horse business, mainly because of the Army trade; he could afford to build her a house.Chapters 75-76 (23% in)
There are no more uses of "prosper" in Lonesome Dove.
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