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profiting, vbl. n.|ˈprɒfɪtɪŋ|
[f. profit v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb profit: † improving, advance; benefiting, etc.
1382Wyclif 1 Tim. iv. 15 Thenk thou thes thingis, in these be thou, that thi profytyng be schewid [gloss or knowun], to alle men. c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xi. 12 If we put þe profitinge of religion allone in outwarde obseruaunces. 1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 1 Where..he should..haue many examples and profitings of strangers. 1608Hieron Wks. Ded. 689 An argument of a mans effectuall profiting by other exercises of godlinesse. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xi. 139 The Bishops once a year to oversee the profiting of the parishes. |