PROFITED
Verb
profited
simple past tense and past participle of profit
Anagrams
• piedfort
Source: Wiktionary
PROFIT
Pro"fit, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. profectus advance, progress, profit,
fr. profectum. See Proficient.]
1. Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for
producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in
any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of
goods.
Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. Rambler.
2. Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit;
avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
This I speak for your own profit. 1 Cor. vii. 35.
If you dare do yourself a profit and a right. Shak.
Syn.
– Benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain;
emolument.
Prof"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profited; p. pr. & vb. n. Profiting.]
Etym: [F. profiter. See Profit, n.]
Definition: To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to
advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
The word preached did not profit them. Heb. iv. 2.
It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently
excellent pieces and beautiful designs. Dryden.
Prof"it, v. i.
1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to
advance.
I profit not by thy talk. Shak.
2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath. Prov. xi. 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition