PROFU'SE, a. [L.profusus, profundo, to pour out; pro and fundo.] 1. Lavish; liberal to excess; prodigal; as a profuse government; a profuse administration. Henry the eighth, a profuse king, dissipated the treasures which the parsimony of his father had amassed. A man's friends are generally too profuse of praise, and his enemies too sparing.2. Extravagant; lavish; as profuse expenditures.3. Overabounding; exuberant. On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers-- O liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright, Profuse of bliss-- Profuse ornament in painting, architecture or gardening, as well as in dress or in language, shows a mean or corrupted taste.PROFU'SE, v.t. s as z. To pour out. [Little used.] 1. To squander. [Little used.] |
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