throve

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  - through ball
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
throve/θrəʊv/

past of thrive.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thrive/θrʌɪv/

▶verb (thrives, thriving, past throve or thrived; past part. thriven or thrived) (of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously.

■ prosper; flourish.

– origin ME: from ON thrífask, reflexive of thrífa ‘grasp, get hold of’; cf. thrift.

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