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

In a profuse manner.

Extravagance; profusion. Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness. Atterbury.

The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting. Thy vast profusion to the factious nobles Rowe.

Profuse; lavish; prodigal.[Obs.]

y effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. For whatsoever mother wit or art Could work, he put in proof. Spenser. You shall have many proofs to show your skill. Ford. Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practi…

To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. "That might have shown to any one who was not proof-proof." Whateley.

Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. Boyle. -- Proof"less*ly, adv.

One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinæ.

A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. L'Estrange.

A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.

An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope.

Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.

Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.

The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the…

One who puts on roofs.

The act of covering with a roof.

Having no roof; as, a roofless house.