Profound
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
(2): ( a.) Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
(3): ( a.) Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
(4): ( a.) Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
(5): ( n.) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(6): ( n.) An abyss.
(7): ( v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(8): ( v. i.) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
King James Dictionary [2]
Profound', a. L.profundus pro and fundus, bottom. See Found.
1. Deep descending or being far below the surface, or far below the adjacent places as a gulf profound. 2. Intellectually deep that enters deeply into subjects not superficial or obvious to the mind as a profound investigation profound reasoning a profound treatise. 3. Humble very lowly submissive as a profound reverence for the Supreme Being. 4. Penetrating deeply into science or any branch of learning as a profound scholar a profound mathematician a profound historian. 5. Deep in skill or contrivance.
The revolters are profound to make slaughter. Hosea 5
6. Having hidden qualities.
Upon the corner of the moon
There hangs a vap'rous drop profound.
Profound', n. The deep the sea the ocean as the vast profound.
1. The abyss.
I travel this profound.
Profound', To dive to penetrate. Not in use.
