DISPROFIT

Etymology

Verb

disprofit (third-person singular simple present disprofits, present participle disprofiting, simple past and past participle disprofited)

(obsolete) To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit.

Noun

disprofit

Loss; damage.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*prof"it, n.

Definition: Loss; damage. Foxe.

Dis*prof"it, v. i. & i.

Definition: To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. [Obs. or Archaic] Bale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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