Profane, vb. to desecrate, to pollute; absol.: “no hand can gripe our sceptre unless he do p., steal, or usurp,” R2 III, 3, 81. Transitively: Lucr. 847. Sonn. 127, 8. 142, 6. Gent. IV, 4, 141. LLL IV, 1, 86. R2 I, 3, 59. I, 4, 13. H4A III, 2, 64. H4B II, 4, 391. V, 2, 93. H6A IV, 1, 41. R3 IV, 4, 367. R3 IV, 4, 367 Cor. I, 9, 41. Rom. I, 5, 95. Hml. V, 1, 259. Oth. I, 3, 390.