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profundere [CL], 2 profundare 1 to pour out (liquid). amfora ~fusa bilibit Aldh. PR 131 p. 180; fertur quia ‥ fons ebullierit ‥ qui ‥ usque hodie copiosa fluenti sui dona ~fundat Bede HE V 10 p. 301; ~fundo. ~as, i. effundere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 225. 2 to emit freely, pour out (from the body), shed. b to cover with an outpouring of (in quots., blood). ~fusis [gl.: i. emissis] lacrimarum fontibus Aldh. VirgP 47; ~fusis ex uno pectore lacrimis Bede HE IV 26 p. 273; purgatus lacrimis humili de corde profusis Alcuin Carm. 88. 7. 9; factus est iste episcopus lacrimas multas ex corde ~fundendo V. Gund. 33; lacrimis religiosa assentatione ~fusis W. Malm. GR I 51; Jhesu cum sanguinem fundis purpureum / et mater gurgitem profundit aqueum Walt. Wimb. Carm. 618.  b Thomam ‥ Christi athletam, qui ‥ diram perpessus persecucionem, proprio est cruore ~fusus NLA I 8; in sanguinem converse sunt et omnes qui in nave erant sanguine ~fusi videntur (Cuthb.) Ib. I 234. 3 to bring forth, give birth to. b to produce. in hanc lucem xiiijo kal’ Martii matris ex utero ~fusus sum Ord. Vit. V 1 p. 301; si anime animam, due sc. unam ‥ ~fundunt profusio ista aut fiet inter generandum, aut post aut ante Pull. Sent. 729D; to childe, parturire, eniti, fetare, parere, ~fundere CathA.  b illos panes ~fundi impetravit R. Cold. Godr. 276. 4 to send out in a stream, pour forth, utter (words). oratio uno ore et clamore ~funditur Bede HE I 17 p. 34; se precibus cupiunt Domino mandare profusis Æthelwulf Abb. 299; his ‥ similibusve mente devota ~fusis, in domum infirmorum ‥ se deferri fecit V. Gund. 42; ego ‥ discere paratus sum, non docere; non dare sed accipere; haurire, non ~fundere Ailr. Spir. Amicit. I 5. 661. 5 to give freely or generously, to spend. b spend wastefully, squander, to waste. 949 ego ‥ corroborationem contuli. ‥ ego ‥ permissionem ~fudi CS 880; gratiosam sui posteris ~fudit memoriam per miraculorum frequentiam W. Malm. GR I 49.  b malens utique suas margaritas a filiis clausas fructuoso sudore investigare quam ~fusas a porcis fastidiosa despectione calcari Bede TR 9 p. 198; rebus meis inaniter ~fusis, ex opulento ‥ cogor ‥ vite sustentaculum mendicare Gosc. Transl. Mild. 22 p. 187; ~fundere, vastare, disperdere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 474; thesaurus ‥ facile ~funditur, si nullis iterum pecuniis restauretur Gir. EH pref. p. 223. 6 (p ppl. as adj., of person or conduct): a generous. b extravagant, prodigal, wasteful. a erat ‥ in dandis muneribus ~fusus G. Mon. III 14; s1138 erant illi avidiores ad petendum et is ~usior ad dandum W. Malm. HN 467 p. 23; prodiga liberalitas, ~fusa benignitas Gir. TH III 48.  b in bonis temporalibus, quibus more Tantalico pepercisti, manu ~fusiore congregata dispergens fructum capiet voluptatis P. Blois Ep. 17. 65A. 7 copious, plentiful. b (of speaker) profuse, eloquent. c immoderate, excessive. ni ~fusior eis munificentia cumularetur Gildas EB 23; nisi ~fusior ‥ alimentorum copia daretur Bede HE I 15 p. 32; ~fusis, genythfyllum GlC P 595; ambo ‥ laudabiles, ambo ~fusiora preconia emeriti W. Malm. GR I 10; mors Adriani summi pontificis ‥ Angliam nostram unde fuerat oriundus ‥ commovit irrigavitque lacrimis ~fusioribus J. Sal. Met. 945B; si natale solum ‥ ~fusioribus laudum titulis auctor extulerit Gir. IK I 12 p. 93.  b primus omnium hujus temporis sermocinatorum famosissimus et ~fusissimus W. Malm. GR V 440.  c largior in dando, ~fusior in peccato Gildas EB 33; gazas ecclesiasticas conviviis ~fusioribus insumebat W. Malm. GR III 267; quos ‥ ~fusissimis expensis munerabat Ib. IV 314; s1179 in expensis ~fusioribus transegit triennium (v. conflictus 2b).