"profect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: profects [plural]
Etymology: From Latin profectus. Doublet of profit. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|profectus}} Latin profectus, {{doublet|en|profit}} Doublet of profit Head templates: {{en-noun}} profect (plural profects)
  1. (obsolete) Profit. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-profect-en-noun-EJ3Ob8M1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 87 13

Verb

Forms: profects [present, singular, third-person], profecting [participle, present], profected [participle, past], profected [past]
Etymology: From Latin profectus. Doublet of profit. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|profectus}} Latin profectus, {{doublet|en|profit}} Doublet of profit Head templates: {{en-verb}} profect (third-person singular simple present profects, present participle profecting, simple past and past participle profected)
  1. (obsolete) To benefit, profit, advance. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-profect-en-verb-Mtszz-SG

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for profect meaning in English (2.5kB)

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