Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to profit
Participle: profitted
Gerund: profitting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | profit |
| you | profit |
| he;she;it | profits |
| we | profit |
| you | profit |
| they | profit |
Perfect
| I | have profitted |
| you | have profitted |
| he;she;it | has profitted |
| we | have profitted |
| you | have profitted |
| they | have profitted |
Past
| I | profitted |
| you | profitted |
| he;she;it | profitted |
| we | profitted |
| you | profitted |
| they | profitted |
Pluperfect
| I | had profitted |
| you | had profitted |
| he;she;it | had profitted |
| we | had profitted |
| you | had profitted |
| they | had profitted |
Future
| I | will profit |
| you | will profit |
| he;she;it | will profit |
| we | will profit |
| you | will profit |
| they | will profit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have profitted |
| you | will have profitted |
| he;she;it | will have profitted |
| we | will have profitted |
| you | will have profitted |
| they | will have profitted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | profit |
| you | profit |
| he;she;it | profit |
| we | profit |
| you | profit |
| they | profit |
Perfect
| I | have profitted |
| you | have profitted |
| he;she;it | have profitted |
| we | have profitted |
| you | have profitted |
| they | have profitted |
Imperfect
| I | profitted |
| you | profitted |
| he;she;it | profitted |
| we | profitted |
| you | profitted |
| they | profitted |
Pluperfect
| I | had profitted |
| you | had profitted |
| he;she;it | had profitted |
| we | had profitted |
| you | had profitted |
| they | had profitted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would profit |
| you | would profit |
| he;she;it | would profit |
| we | would profit |
| you | would profit |
| they | would profit |
Perfect
| I | would have profitted |
| you | would have profitted |
| he;she;it | would have profitted |
| we | would have profitted |
| you | would have profitted |
| they | would have profitted |
Imperative
| you | profit |
| we | Let's profit |
| you | profit |
Verbs conjugated like 'profit'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'profit'
croft,
posit,
prefix,
premit,
proact,
profect,
profer,
profile,
profre,
proin,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (Modern French profit), from Latin prōfectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”), from proficiō (“to go forward, advance, make progress, be profitable or useful”). Doublet of profect.
Sample Sentences
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[...] patiently they nursed and tended their young children: how they consulted ever their wants first, then half supplied their own; what gentle ministers of hope and faith the women were; how the men profited by their example; and how very, very seldom even a moment 's petulance or harsh complaint broke out among them: I felt a stronger love and honour of my kind come glowing on my heart, and wished to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] for every year, and month, and week, and day; and which are coolly read in families as things of course, and as a part of the current news and small-talk; will serve to show how very much the slaves profit by public opinion, and how tender it is in their behalf. But it may be worth while to inquire how the slave-owners, and the class of society to which great numbers of them belong, defer to public [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)