Definition of "prosper" []

• To be fortunate or successful, especially in terms of one's finances; thrive. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The simple way for America to prosper is to ask the Republicans what they think we should do .... and then do the exact opposite."
• "Teach people that the best way to prosper is to help themselves not by hand outs."
• "It will require each of us to remind ourselves that we rise and fall as one nation; and that a country in which only a few prosper is antithetical to our ideals and our democracy."