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profligated

profligated is the simple past and past participle of profligate.

Meaning of profligate

Verb

profligate (third-person singular simple present profligates, present participle profligating, simple past and past participle profligated)

  1. (obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.
    • Such a stipulation would remove one powerful temptation to profligate pennyless seducers, of whom there are too many prowling in the higher circles ;1840, Alexander Walker, Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce, page 157

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Questions about profligated

What is profligated the simple past and past participle of?
Profligated is the simple past and past participle of profligate.

Words near profligated in the dictionary

  1. proflavine
  2. proflazepam
  3. profligacies
  4. profligacy
  5. profligate
  6. profligated
  7. profligately
  8. profligateness
  9. profligates
  10. profligating
  11. profligation

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