Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to profligate
Participle: profligated
Gerund: profligating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | profligate |
| you | profligate |
| he;she;it | profligates |
| we | profligate |
| you | profligate |
| they | profligate |
Perfect
| I | have profligated |
| you | have profligated |
| he;she;it | has profligated |
| we | have profligated |
| you | have profligated |
| they | have profligated |
Past
| I | profligated |
| you | profligated |
| he;she;it | profligated |
| we | profligated |
| you | profligated |
| they | profligated |
Pluperfect
| I | had profligated |
| you | had profligated |
| he;she;it | had profligated |
| we | had profligated |
| you | had profligated |
| they | had profligated |
Future
| I | will profligate |
| you | will profligate |
| he;she;it | will profligate |
| we | will profligate |
| you | will profligate |
| they | will profligate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have profligated |
| you | will have profligated |
| he;she;it | will have profligated |
| we | will have profligated |
| you | will have profligated |
| they | will have profligated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | profligate |
| you | profligate |
| he;she;it | profligate |
| we | profligate |
| you | profligate |
| they | profligate |
Perfect
| I | have profligated |
| you | have profligated |
| he;she;it | have profligated |
| we | have profligated |
| you | have profligated |
| they | have profligated |
Imperfect
| I | profligated |
| you | profligated |
| he;she;it | profligated |
| we | profligated |
| you | profligated |
| they | profligated |
Pluperfect
| I | had profligated |
| you | had profligated |
| he;she;it | had profligated |
| we | had profligated |
| you | had profligated |
| they | had profligated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would profligate |
| you | would profligate |
| he;she;it | would profligate |
| we | would profligate |
| you | would profligate |
| they | would profligate |
Perfect
| I | would have profligated |
| you | would have profligated |
| he;she;it | would have profligated |
| we | would have profligated |
| you | would have profligated |
| they | would have profligated |
Imperative
| you | profligate |
| we | Let's profligate |
| you | profligate |
Verbs conjugated like 'profligate'
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 'profligate'
prodigate,
colligate,
obligate,
pollicate,
pollinate,
preflight,
profanate,
prolate,
prolongate,
promulgate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1526, "overthrown" (implied in profligation), from L. profligatus "destroyed, dissolute," pp. of profligare "to cast down, defeat, ruin," from pro- "down, forth" + fligere "to strike." Meaning "recklessly extravagant" is 1779, via notion of "ruined by vice" (1647).
2. The adjective is first attested in 1535, the verb in 1542; borrowed from Latin prōflīgātus, perfect passive participle of prōflīgō (“to strike down, cast down”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 an 3) and pro-), from prō- (“forward”) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) + -ō (1st conjugation compound verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Sample Sentences
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Such a stipulation would remove one powerful temptation to profligate pennyless seducers, of whom there are too many prowling in the higher circles ; [1840, Alexander Walker, Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce, page 157:]