- 1. a. Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality. Source: opted
- 2. a. Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. Source: opted
- 4. adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality. A green, shady bank, profuse of flowers. Milton. 2. Superabundant; excessive; prodigal; lavish; as, profuse expenditure. "Profuse ornament." Kames. Syn. -- Lavish; exuberant; bountiful; prodigal; extravagant. -- Profuse, Lavish, Prodigal. Profuse denotes pouring out (as money, etc.) with great fullness or freeness; as, profuse in his expenditures, thanks, promises, etc. Lavish is stronger, implying unnecessary or wasteful excess; as, lavish of his bounties, favors, praises, etc. Prodigal is stronger still, denoting unmeasured or reckless profusion; as, prodigal of one's strength, life, or blood, to secure some object. Dryden. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander. [Obs.] Chapman. Source: webster
- 6. To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; tosquander. [Obs.] Chapman. Source: adambom
- 7. j:100 s produced or growing in extreme abundance Source: ecdict
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