Riches profit not in the day of wrath.
Prov. xi. 4.
Prof"it*a*ble (?), a. [F. profitable.] Yielding or bringing profit or
gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial;
as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or
profession.
What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor.
Arbuthnot.
-- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Prof"it*a*bly, adv.
Prof"it*ing, n. Gain; advantage; profit.
That thy profiting may appear to all.