profit

Definitions

1. 1.Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit, This I speak for your own profit. 1 Cor. vii.
2. 2.If you dare do yourself a profit and a right. Shak.
3. 3.To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men. The word preached did not profit them. Heb. iv.
4. 4.It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs. Dryden.
5. 5.To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance. I profit not by thy talk. Shak.
6. 6.To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. Prov. xi. 4.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit, This I speak for your own profit. 1 Cor. vii called?
• What is if you dare do yourself a profit and a right. Shak called?
• What is to be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men. The word preached did not profit them. Heb. iv called?
• What is it is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs. Dryden called?
• What is to gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance. I profit not by thy talk. Shak called?
• What is to be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. Prov. xi. 4 called?