Lavish; liberal to excess; prodigal; as a profuse government; a profuse administration. Henry the eighth, a profuse king, dissipated the treasures which the parsimony of his father had amassed. A man’s friends are generally too profuse of praise, and his enemies too sparing.

Extravagant; lavish; as profuse expenditures.

Overabounding; exuberant. On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers-- . O liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright, Profuse of bliss-- . Profuse ornament in painting, architecture or gardening, as well as in dress or in language, shows a mean or corrupted taste.

s as z. To pour out.

To squander.