profect

English

Etymology

From Latin profectus. Doublet of profit.

Noun

profect (plural profects)

  1. (obsolete) Profit.
    • 1816, The Edinburgh Review‎, volume 27:
      Henry of Surrey was never for singular profect (profit) corrupted.

Verb

profect (third-person singular simple present profects, present participle profecting, simple past and past participle profected)

  1. (obsolete) To benefit, profit, advance.
    • Published in 1858, Recantation of Thomas Garrard, The Church Historians of England‎:
      And that I have thowght that pardons doth profect them that be ded. And I have dowbted whether they profect them that be on lyef or not.
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