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   Profligate , a. [L. profligatus, p. p. of profligare to strike or dash to the ground, to destroy; pro before + a word akin to fligere to strike. See Afflict.]
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   Overthrown; beaten; conquered. [Obs.]
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   The foe is profligate, and run.
   Hudibras.
   
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   Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.
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   A race more profligate than we.
   Roscommon.
   
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   Made prostitute and profligate muse.
   Dryden.
   
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   Syn. -- Abandoned; corrupt; dissolute; vitiated; depraved; vicious; wicked. See Abandoned.
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   Profligate, n. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person. “Such a profligate as Antony.” 
   Swift.
   
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   Profligate , v. t. To drive away; to overcome. [A Latinism] [Obs.]
   Harvey.
   
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