English Dictionary
◊ PROFANE
profane
adj 1: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and
blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: {blasphemous},
{blue}]
2: not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane
music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane
environment" [ant: {sacred}]
3: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled [syn: {unconsecrated},
{unsanctified}]
4: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
"blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane
utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to
enter with shoes on" [syn: {blasphemous}, {sacrilegious}]
v 1: corrupt morally [syn: {corrupt}, {pervert}, {demoralize}, {debauch},
{debase}, {vitiate}, {deprave}, {misdirect}]
2: violate the sacred character of a place, such as a graveyard
[syn: {desecrate}, {outrage}, {violate}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN PROFILE?
PROFILE
Simple language for matching and scoring data. "User's Manual
for the PROFILE System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (May 1974).
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