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profection

profection noun: a setting out, going forward, advance or progression.

Noun

profection

  1. (obsolete) A setting out, going forward, advance or progression.
    • profection of the horoscope1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of profection

See proficient.

Words formed from profection

Questions about profection

What does profection mean?
Profection means a setting out, going forward, advance or progression.
What part of speech is profection?
Profection is a noun.

Words near profection in the dictionary

  1. profarming
  2. profascist
  3. profascists
  4. profect
  5. profected
  6. profection
  7. profectional
  8. profectitious
  9. profects
  10. profeminism
  11. profeminisms

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