资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Profit \Prof"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profited}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Profiting}.] [F. profiter. See {Profit}, n.]
   To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit;
   to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.

         The word preached did not profit them.   --Heb. iv. 2.

         It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy
         diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
                                                  --Dryden.