prospectus

[Lat.=a prospect (q. v.).]. A brief sketch or plan of some proposed commercial enterprise or undertaking, as a literary work, containing the details of the general plan or design, the manner and terms of publication, .; spec if. applied to a document i ued by the directors or promoters of a new company or joint-stock a ociation, containing the objects of the a ociation, the names of the directors and other officers, the amount of capital required, the security offered, the profits estimated to be realized, and such other details as may a ist the public in judging of the feasibility of the undertaking. pros-pěr, v . t . & i. [Fr. prospérer , from Latin prospero , from prosper us , prosper = prosperous (q. v.); Sp. prosperar; Ital. prosper are .] A. Trans.: To make prosperous, fortunate, or succe ful; to favor; to give or bring prosperity to. ( Genesis xxiv. 40.) sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. B. Intransitive: IMG:content-1635.png:[blocks in formation] *pros-ter-nā-tion, s. [Lat. prosterno to strew 1. To be prosperous, fortunate, or succe ful; to forth or forward.] [PROSTRATION.] The state of succeed, to make gain. "I wish in al thinges that thou prosperedst and faredest well."-3 John. (1551.) 2. To thrive; to be in a healthy state. "All things do prosper best, when they are advanced to the better."- Bacon . 3. To be in a succe ful or favorable state; to go on or turn out succe fully; to succeed, to thrive. "Things prospered with him still more and more." 2 Maccabees viii. 8. 4. To give or bring prosperity. "Greatest ble ings prosp'ring Peace imparts." Stirling : Parænesis to Prince Henry. *5. To increase in size; to grow. "Black cherry-trees prosper even to considerable timber."-Evelyn: Sylva. pros-pěr-1-tě, *pros-per-i-te, s . [Fr. pros périté , from Lat. prosperitatem , acc us. of prosper i tas , from prosper us , prosper = prosperous (q. v.); Sp. prosper i dad ; Ital. prosper ità .] The state of being prosperous; good progre or succe in any bus i ne or enterprise; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; attainment of wishes or the object desired. "Prosperity is but a bad nurse to virtue." -South : Sermons, vol. iv., ser. 2. pros-për-oŭs, adj . [Lat. prosper us , prosper = according to one's hopes, favorable: pro =forward, and spes =hope, spero to hope; Fr. prospère ; Sp., Port. & Ital. prospero .] 1. In a state of prosperity; succe ful, thriving; making progre or advancement. 2. Attended with good fortune or succe ; succe ful, favorable, fortunate, auspicious. "To bring the negotiations with Tyrconnel to a prosper ous i ue."- Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xii. 3. Favorable, favoring succe ; helpful; as, a prosperous wind. pros'-per-oŭs-ly, adv . [Eng. prosperous ; -ly.] In a prosperous manner; with good fortune or succe ; thrivingly, fortunately. "That concern goes on prosperously ." -Sharp : Sermons , vol. v., ser. 4. pros-per-oŭs-ne , s. [Eng. prosperous; -ne .] The quality or state of being prosperous or succe ful; prosperity. *pros-phy-o-don-tēs, s . pl . [Gr. prosphyō =to cause to grow to, and odous (gen it. odontos) = a tooth.] Zoology: Wiegmann's name for Wagler's Pleurodontes (q. v.). pros-phy-sis ( pl . pros-phy-sēş), s. [Greek pros physis a growing to; prosphyō to cause to grow to: pros =to, and phyō =to bring forth.] Bot . ( pl .): Ehrart's name for the pistil lid i a of Mo es.