- (a.) Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
- (a.) Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.
- (n.) An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
- (v.t.) To drive away; to overcome.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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