PROFU'SE, adjective [Latin profusus, profundo, to pour out; pro and fundo.] 1. Lavish; liberal to excess; prodigal; as a profuse government; a profuse administration. Henry the eighth, a profuse king, dissipated the treasures which the parsimony of his father had amassed. A man's friends are generally too profuse of praise, and his enemies too sparing. 2. Extravagant; lavish; as profuse expenditures. 3. Overabounding; exuberant. On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers-- O liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright, Profuse of bliss-- Profuse ornament in painting, architecture or gardening, as well as in dress or in language, shows a mean or corrupted taste. PROFU'SE, verb transitive s as z. To pour out. [Little used.] 1. To squander. [Little used.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI