PROSPEROUS Pros"per*ous, a. [L. prosperus or prosper, originally, answering to hope; pro according to + the root of sperare to hope. See Despair.]
1. Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
A happy passage and a prosperous wind.
Denham.
2. Being prospered; advancing in the pursuit of anything desirable; making gain, or increase; thriving; successful; as, a prosperous voyage; a prosperous undertaking; a prosperous man or nation.
By moderation either state to bear
Prosperous or adverse.
Milton.
Syn. — Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate.
— Pros"per*ous*ly, adv. —Pros"per*ous*ness, n.
PROSPHYSIS
Pros"phy*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A growing together of parts; specifically, a morbid adhesion of the eyelids to each other or to the eyeball. Dunglison.
PROSPICIENCE Pro*spi"cience, n. Etym: [L. prospicientia, fr. prospiciens, p. pr. of prospicere. See Prospect.]