Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to profane
Participle: profaned
Gerund: profaning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | profane |
| you | profane |
| he;she;it | profanes |
| we | profane |
| you | profane |
| they | profane |
Perfect
| I | have profaned |
| you | have profaned |
| he;she;it | has profaned |
| we | have profaned |
| you | have profaned |
| they | have profaned |
Past
| I | profaned |
| you | profaned |
| he;she;it | profaned |
| we | profaned |
| you | profaned |
| they | profaned |
Pluperfect
| I | had profaned |
| you | had profaned |
| he;she;it | had profaned |
| we | had profaned |
| you | had profaned |
| they | had profaned |
Future
| I | will profane |
| you | will profane |
| he;she;it | will profane |
| we | will profane |
| you | will profane |
| they | will profane |
Future Perfect
| I | will have profaned |
| you | will have profaned |
| he;she;it | will have profaned |
| we | will have profaned |
| you | will have profaned |
| they | will have profaned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | profane |
| you | profane |
| he;she;it | profane |
| we | profane |
| you | profane |
| they | profane |
Perfect
| I | have profaned |
| you | have profaned |
| he;she;it | have profaned |
| we | have profaned |
| you | have profaned |
| they | have profaned |
Imperfect
| I | profaned |
| you | profaned |
| he;she;it | profaned |
| we | profaned |
| you | profaned |
| they | profaned |
Pluperfect
| I | had profaned |
| you | had profaned |
| he;she;it | had profaned |
| we | had profaned |
| you | had profaned |
| they | had profaned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would profane |
| you | would profane |
| he;she;it | would profane |
| we | would profane |
| you | would profane |
| they | would profane |
Perfect
| I | would have profaned |
| you | would have profaned |
| he;she;it | would have profaned |
| we | would have profaned |
| you | would have profaned |
| they | would have profaned |
Imperative
| you | profane |
| we | Let's profane |
| you | profane |
Verbs conjugated like 'profane'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'profane'
præface,
preface,
prefade,
prefine,
probate,
profanate,
proffre,
profile,
profre,
profuse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- violate something sacred
- desecrate
- to violate the sacredness or sanctity of something
- defile, desacralize, desanctify, desecrate, unconsecrate, unhallow
- defile
- debase, despoil, befoul, desecrate, scorn, misuse, blaspheme, pollute
Antonyms
- violate something sacred
- consecrate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, from L.
profanare "to desecrate," from
profanus "unholy, not consecrated," from
pro fano "not admitted into the temple (with the initiates)," lit. "out in front of the temple," from
pro- "before" +
fano, abl. of
fanum "temple." The adj. is attested from 1483; originally "un-ecclesiastical, secular;" sense of "unholy, polluted" is recorded from c.1500.
Profanity is 1607, from L.L.
profanitas, from L.
profanus. Extended sense of "foul language" is from Old Testament commandment against "profaning" the name of the Lord.
2. From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“instead of”) + fānum (“temple”).
Verbs referencing "profane"
Finnish with old forms
profanoida.
Sample Sentences
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One should not profane the name of God.
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to profane the Scriptures
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VVhen the vulgar ſort / Sit on their Ale-bench, vvith their cups and kannes, / Matters of ſtate be not their common talke, / Nor pure religion by their lips prophande. [1600, [Michael Drayton, Richard Hathwaye, Anthony Munday, Robert Wilson], The First Part of the True and Honorable Historie, of the Life of Sir John Old-castle, the Good Lord Cobham. […], London: […] [V[alentine] S[immes]] for Thomas Pauier, […], →OCLC:]
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With one mind, their intent eyes all fastened upon the old man’s knife, as he carved the chief dish before him. I do not suppose that for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather. [1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XXXIV, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:]