[f. THRIVE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb THRIVE, in various senses; prospering; prosperity; vigorous growth.
c. 1460. How Gd. Wif taught Dou., 164. in Hazl., E. P. P., I. 191. Make the nought to riche of other mannys thinge; The bolder to spende the worse thriuing.
1530. Palsgr., 716/1. I set up a man, I am the occasyon of his thrivynge, or avauncement.
1622. E. Misselden, Free Trade, 79. This their better thriuing is because euery man is at libertie to be a Merchant at his pleasure.
1707. Mortimer, Husb. (1721), II. 81. If a Tree begins to abate of its thriving, lop off some of the Branches.
1878. J. Todhunter, Alcestis (1879), 28. ’Twas when he made processions through the land, To test his people’s thriving.
