Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Profane \Pro*fane"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profaned}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Profaning}.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See
   {Profane}, a.]
   1. To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse,
      irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to
      pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the
      Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.

            The priests in the temple profane the sabbath.
                                                  --Matt. xii.
                                                  5.

   2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base
      employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

            So idly to profane the precious time. --Shak.

Profane \Pro*fane"\, a. [F., fr. L. profanus, properly, before
   the temple, i. e., without the temple, unholy; pro before +
   fanum temple. See 1st {Fane}.]
   1. Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity;
      unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than
      sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or
      inspired; as, a profane place. ``Profane authors.'' --I.
      Disraeli.

            The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.
                                                  --Gibbon.

   2. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy.

            Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.

   3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect,
      irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious.
      Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the
      name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a
      profane person, word, oath, or tongue. --1 Tim. i. 9.

   Syn: Secular; temporal; worldly; unsanctified; unhallowed;
        unholy; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; wicked;
        godless; impious. See {Impious}.

Source : WordNet®

profane
     v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
          the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
          accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
          subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: {corrupt},
           {pervert}, {subvert}, {demoralize}, {demoralise}, {debauch},
           {debase}, {vitiate}, {deprave}, {misdirect}]
     2: violate the sacred character of a place or language;
        "desecrate a cemetary"; "violate the sanctity of the
        church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: {desecrate}, {outrage},
         {violate}]

profane
     adj 1: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and
            blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: {blasphemous},
             {blue}]
     2: not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane
        music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane
        environment" [ant: {sacred}]
     3: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled [syn: {unconsecrated},
         {unsanctified}]
     4: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
        "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane
        utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to
        enter with shoes on" [syn: {blasphemous}, {sacrilegious}]