PROFICIENCE
PROFI'CIENCEPROFI'CIENCY, noun [from Latin proficiens, from proficio, to advance forward; pro and facio, to make.] Advance in the acquisition of any art, science or knowledge; i...
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PROFICIENCY
PROFI'CIENCY, n. [from L. proficiens, from proficio, to advance forward; pro and facio, to make.] Advance in the acquisition of any art, science or knowledge; improvement; progr...
PROFICIENT
PROFI'CIENT, noun One who has made considerable advances in any business, art, science or branch of learning; as a proficient in a trade or occupation; a proficient in mathemati...
PROFICUOUS
PROFIC'UOUS, adjective [Latin proficuus, proficio, supra.]Profitable; advantageous; useful. [Little used.]
PROFILE
PROFILE, noun pro'fil. [Latin filum, a thread or line.]1. Primarily, an outline of contour; hence, in sculpture and painting, a head or portrait represented sidewise or in a sid...
PROFILED
PRO'FILED, participle passive Drawn so as to present a side view.
PROFILING
PRO'FILING, participle present tense Drawing a portrait so as to represent a side view; drawing an outline.
PROFIT
PROF'IT, noun [Latin profectus, proficio, to profit literally to proceed forward, to advance; pro and facio. The primary sense of facio is to urge or drive.1. In commerce, the a...
PROFITABLE
PROF'ITABLE, adjective Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; as a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.1. Useful; advantage...
PROFITABLENESS
PROF'ITABLENESS, noun Gainfulness; as the profitableness of trade.1. Usefulness; advantageousness.
PROFITABLY
PROF'ITABLY, adverb With gain; gainfully. Our ships are profitably employed.1. Usefully; advantageously; with improvement. Our time may be profitably occupied in reading.
PROFITED
PROF'ITED, participle passive Benefited; advanced in interest or happiness; improved.What is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Matthew 16:26.
PROFITING
PROF'ITING, participle present tense Gaining interest or advantage; improving.PROF'ITING, noun Gain; advantage; improvement.That thy profiting may appear to all. 1 Timothy 4:15.
PROFITLESS
PROF'ITLESS, adjective Void of profit, gain or advantage.
PROFLIGACY
PROF'LIGACY, noun [See Profligate.] A profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice.
PROFLIGATE
PROF'LIGATE, adjective [Latin profligatus, profligo, to rout, to ruin; pro and fligo, to drive or dash. The word then signifies dashed, broken or ruined in morals. See Flog and ...
PROFLIGATELY
PROF'LIGATELY, adverb Without principle or shame.1. In a course of extreme viciousness; as, to spend life profligately
PROFLIGATENESS
PROF'LIGATENESS, noun The quality or state of being lost to virtue and decency.1. An abandoned course of life; extreme viciousness; profligacy.
PROFLIGATION
PROFLIGA'TION, noun Defeat; rout. [Not used.]
PROFLUENCE
PROF'LUENCE, noun [Latin profluens, profluo; pro and fluo, to flow.]A progress or course. [Not used.]
PROFLUENT
PROF'LUENT, adjective Flowing forward; as a profluent stream.
PROFOUND
PROFOUND', adjective [Latin profundus; pro and fundus, bottom. See Found.]1. Deep; descending or being far below the surface, or far below the adjacent places; as a gulf profoun...
PROFOUNDLY
PROFOUND'LY, adverb Deeply; with deep concern.Why sigh you so profoundly?1. With deep penetration into science or learning; with deep knowledge or insight; as profoundly wise; p...
PROFOUNDNESS
PROFOUND'NESS, noun Depth of place.1. Depth of knowledge or of science.
PROFUNDITY
PROFUND'ITY, noun [Latin profundus.] Depth of place, knowledge or of science.
PROFUSE
PROFU'SE, adjective [Latin profusus, profundo, to pour out; pro and fundo.]1. Lavish; liberal to excess; prodigal; as a profuse government; a profuse administration. Henry the e...
PROFUSELY
PROFU'SELY, adverb Lavishly; prodigally; as an income profusely expended.1. With exuberance; with rich abundance. The earth is profusely adorned with flowers; ornaments may be t...