Verb

(proliferat)

To increase in number or spread rapidly.

The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.

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Verb

(en verb)

To favor; to render successful.

* Book of Common Prayer

Prosper thou our handiwork.

* Dryden

All things concur to prosper our design.

To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.

To grow; to increase.