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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1568, 1622
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Prof(f)itfull, adj. [e.m.E. profitefull (1593).] Profitable, advantageous, beneficial. — 1568 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots I 571.
That the matter cum not to effect in all myght be proffitfull … baith for thame and us 1622 Garden Garden xxi.
Thy cuntrie both shall gain By this thy profit-full expensive pain
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