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1. Profuse sweating, bleeding, or vomiting is sweating, bleeding, or vomiting large amounts. ...a remedy that produces profuse sweating. ADJ: usu ADJ n • profusely He was bleeding profusely... ADV: ADV after v 2. If you offer profuse apologies or thanks, you apologize or thank someone a lot. Then the policeman recognised me, breaking into profuse apologies. ADJ: usu ADJ n • profusely They were very grateful to be put right and thanked me profusely. ADV: ADV after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin profusus, past participle of profundere to pour forth, from pro- forth + fundere to pour — more at found Date: 15th century 1. pouring forth liberally ; extravagant ~ in their thanks 2. exhibiting great abundance ; bountiful a ~ harvest • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, lavish, prodigal, luxuriant, lush, exuberant mean giving or given out in great abundance. ~ implies pouring forth without restraint ~ apologies. lavish suggests an unstinted or unmeasured profusion a lavish party. prodigal implies reckless or wasteful lavishness threatening to lead to early exhaustion of resources prodigal spending. luxuriant suggests a rich and splendid abundance a luxuriant beard. lush suggests rich, soft luxuriance a lush green lawn. exuberant implies marked vitality or vigor in what produces abundantly an exuberant imagination. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 (often foll. by in, of) lavish; extravagant (was profuse in her generosity). 2 (of a thing) exuberantly plentiful; abundant (profuse bleeding; a profuse variety). Derivatives profusely adv. profuseness n. profusion n. Etymology: ME f. L profusus past part. of profundere profus- (as PRO-(1), fundere fus- pour) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. обильный profuse perspiration —- обильный пот profuse harvest —- богатый урожай 2. щедрый; расточительный profuse hand —- щедрая рука he is profuse in his hospitality —- его гостеприимство не знает границ 3. чрезмерный profuse in expenditure —- расточительный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., from L. profusus "poured forth," from pp. of profundere "pour forth," from pro- "forth" + fundere "to pour." Profusion is first attested 1545, from L. profusionem "a pouring out," from profusus. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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