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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prof(f)ict,, -ect(e, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. profect (1465), -fict (1597), var. of Prof(f)it n., assimilated to L. prōfectus.] a. = Prof(f)it n. 1. b. = Prof(f)it n. 3.a. 1492 Douglas Chart. 137.
Frely to dispone … to thare vtilite and proffict 1528 Lynd. Dreme 910.
Hauand small ee vnto the comoun weill Bot to thare singulare proffect euerilk deill 1559–60 St. A. Kirk S. 13.
And never to contaminate ourselfis with the forsaidis idolatr[ie] and superstitiones, nothir for profict nor feer 1570–1 Canongate Ct. Bk. 298.
The foirsaid sowme … convertit in his awin use and proffectb. sing. 1529 Lynd. Complaynt 221.
Geue me sum fate benefyce; And all the proffect ȝe sall haue 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 151.
That thair parentis may get the profect of the benefice to thare awin singulare commoditepl. (1) 1456 Wemyss Chart. 76.
The landis … of Inchemartyne witht tenand and tenandry, witht thar pertinens, and all profictis 1488 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 428.
With al wther profictis and priuilege 1575 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I 95 (see Emoliment n.).(b) c1420 Wynt. viii 64 (W) (see Prof(f)it n. 3 sing. (1)).
Proffectis [R. profyt] 1543 Breadalbane Doc. No. 60.
With all and sindry thair fredomes profectis commodeteis [etc.] 1549 Buccleuch Mun. II 191.
Allsemekill feis and profectes as wmquhile Jhone Melwin had off ws ȝeirlye and termlye for his serues dowi to ws(2) 1530 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 477.
And for the proffictis of the said vj^xx yowis in woll mylk and lammis xxvij pundis 1531–2 Wemyss Chart. 154.
Gres, pasturing of catell, hedder [etc.] … and all vther proffictis of the landis a 1571 Soc. Ant. Chart. (Reg. H.) No. 59.
All and sindrie the saidis teyndscheves … proffictis emoluments and dewiteis … of my said vicarage 1673 Edinb. B. Rec. X 163.