See Also: profligate(1)(dictionary)
profligate(2)(dictionary)
profligate(dictionary)

profligate(2) (iou)



profligate verb trans. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
[Latin profligat- pa. ppl stem of profligare: see PROFLIGATE adjective & noun, -ATE3.]
Overcome, overthrow, defeat; dispel, disperse; ruin, destroy.
profligated adjective (a) overthrown, dissipated; (b) profligate: L16-E18.
profli'gation noun [Late Latin profligatio(n-)] LME.