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Profectitious

Proˊfec-ti′tious

,

Adj.

[L.

profectitius

, fr.

proficisci

to set out, proceed.]

Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an ancestor.

[R.]

The threefold distinction of

profectitious

, adventitious, and professional was ascertained.

Gibbon.