PROFUSE

a. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality. A green, shady bank, profuse of flowers. Milton.

2.
a.

Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure. "Profuse ornament." Kames.

3.
v.

To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. [Obs.] Chapman.


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