Thrave vs Thrive - What's the difference?
thrave | thrive |
To urge; compel; importune.
(UK, dialect) A sheaf; a handful.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Twenty-four (or in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Two dozen, or similar indefinite number; a bunch; a throng.
* Landsdowne MS
* Bishop Hall
To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.
:* 1819' (though spoken by a character in the 12-century): “It seems to me, reverend father,” said the knight, “that the small morsels which you eat, together with this holy, but somewhat thin beverage, have '''thriven with you marvellously.” — Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe
To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.
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As verbs the difference between thrave and thrive
is that thrave is to urge; compel; importune while thrive is to grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.As a noun thrave
is (uk|dialect) a sheaf; a handful.thrave
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en-verb)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with Swedish (m), Danish (m).Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The worst of a thrave .
- He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale.
thrive
English
Verb
- Since expanding in June, the business has really thrived .
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