Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old past participle of thrive.
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Examples
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"A shorte information for a young gentyleman that entendeth to thryve."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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[Sidenote: [fol. 61 b.]] ¶ A child resemblyng/which was nat lyk to thryve
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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To teche vertew and co {n} nyng {e}, me thynketh {e} hit charitable, for moche youth {e} in co {n} nyng {e}/is bareñ & full {e} vnable; þer-for {e} he þ {a} t no good cañ/ne to nooñ will {e} be agreable. he shall {e} neu {er} y-thryve/
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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For if one of them should use to disceive the other, he disceyveth himselfe, & he is not lyke to thryve, & therfore they must be true ether to other. "
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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