Profectitious

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Profectitious \Pro`fec*ti"tious\, a. [L. profectitius, fr.
     proficisci to set out, proceed.]
     Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an
     ancestor. [R.]
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           The threefold distinction of profectitious,
           adventitious, and professional was ascertained.
                                                    --Gibbon.
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