† ˈprofligated, ppl. a. Obs.
[In sense 1, f. prec. + -ed1; in sense 2, f. L. prōflīgāt-us pa. pple. + -ed1: cf. profligate a. 2.]
1. Overthrown, vanquished; wasted, squandered; dispersed, dissipated.
| 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe Wks. (Grosart) V. 221 Of that profligated labour, yet my breast pants and labours. a 1619 M. Fotherby Atheom. i. x. §2 (1622) 67 To haue beene, in all mens eyes, so abject and profligated, as to be able to get no moe defenders. 1660 Stillingfl. Power Excommun. §21 (1662) 25 The other infirm and profligated argument. 1694 Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 38/1 It draws forth the innate and profligated Heat, and restores the Warmth of the Part. |
2. Abandoned, vicious; = profligate a. 2.
| 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 358 Dardanus, a most profligated magician, was so sordidly addicted to covetousness, that [etc.]. 1673 Lady's Call. i. v. §74 The most wretchless profligated state of sin. 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 271 Those profligated Arians, sorry Macedonians, miserable Nestorians and wretched Eutychians. |