Grow vs. Prosper

Growverb

(ergative) To become bigger.

‘Children grow quickly.’;

Prosperverb

(transitive) To favor; to render successful.

Growverb

(intransitive) To appear or sprout.

‘Flowers grew on the trees as summer approached.’; ‘A long tail began to grow from his backside.’;

Prosperverb

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

Growverb

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

‘He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.’; ‘Have you ever grown your hair before?’;

Prosperverb

(intransitive) To grow; to increase.

Growverb

(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.

‘The boy grew wise as he matured.’; ‘The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.’; ‘You have grown strong.’;

Prosperverb

To favor; to render successful.

‘All things concur toprosper our design.’;

Growverb

To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Prosperverb

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

‘They, in their earthly Canaan placed,Long time shall dwell and prosper.’;

Growverb

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; - said of animals and vegetables and their organs.

Prosperverb

To grow; to increase.

‘Black cherry trees prosper even to considerable timber.’;

Growverb

To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

‘Winter began to grow fast on.’; ‘Even just the sum that I do owe to youIs growing to me by Antipholus.’;

Prosperverb

grow stronger;

‘The economy was booming’;

Growverb

To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.

‘Where law faileth, error groweth.’;

Prosperverb

gain in wealth

Growverb

To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

‘For his mindHad grown Suspicion's sanctuary.’;

Growverb

To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

‘Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.’; ‘These wars have grown out of commercial considerations.’;

Growverb

To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.

Growverb

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;

‘The weather turned nasty’; ‘She grew angry’;

Growverb

become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain;

‘The problem grew too large for me’; ‘Her business grew fast’;

Growverb

increase in size by natural process;

‘Corn doesn't grow here’; ‘In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees’;

Growverb

cause to grow or develop;

‘He grows vegetables in his backyard’;

Growverb

develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;

‘He matured fast’; ‘The child grew fast’;

Growverb

come into existence; take on form or shape;

‘A new religious movement originated in that country’; ‘a love that sprang up from friendship’; ‘the idea for the book grew out of a short story’; ‘An interesting phenomenon uprose’;

Growverb

cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;

‘The Bordeaux region produces great red wines’; ‘They produce good ham in Parma’; ‘We grow wheat here’; ‘We raise hogs here’;

Growverb

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

‘He grew a beard’; ‘The patient developed abdominal pains’; ‘I got funny spots all over my body’; ‘Well-developed breasts’;

Growverb

grow emotionally or mature;

‘The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten’; ‘When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior’;

Growverb

become attached by or as if by the process of growth;

‘The tree trunks had grown together’;

Growverb

(of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically

‘he would watch Nick grow to manhood’; ‘grown men don't act so stupidly’;

Growverb

(of a plant) germinate and develop

‘morels grow in a variety of places’;

Growverb

cause (plants) to germinate and develop

‘more land was needed to grow crops for export’;

Growverb

allow or cause (a part of the body) to grow or develop

‘if a newt's leg is amputated, it will grow a new one’; ‘she grew her hair long’;

Growverb

(of something abstract) come into existence and develop

‘a school of painting grew up in Cuzco’; ‘the play grew out of a drama school project’;

Growverb

become larger or greater over a period of time; increase

‘turnover grew to more than $100,000 within three years’;

Growverb

develop or expand (something, especially a business)

‘entrepreneurs who are struggling to grow their businesses’;

Growverb

become gradually or increasingly

‘sharing our experiences we grew braver’;

Growverb

(of a person) come to feel or think something over time

‘supposing we had grown to know and love nuclear power’;