[L. profligatus, profligo, to rout, to ruin; pro and fligo, to drive or dash. The word then signifies dashed, broken or ruined in morals. See Flog and Afflict.I

Abandoned to vice; lost to principle, virtue or decency; extremely vicious; shameless in wickedness; as a profligate man or wretch. Next age will see . A race more profligate than we. Made prostitute and profligate the muse, Debas’d to each obscene and impious use.

An abandoned man; a wretch who has lost all regard to good principles, virtue or decency. How could such a profligate as Antony, or a boy of eighteen like Octavius, ever dare to dream of giving law to such an empire?

To drive away; a Latin signification.

To overcome.