1.  profane(v = verb.social) corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, subvert, vitiate - 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"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun profanation₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody

2.  profane(v = verb.social) desecrate, outrage, violate - violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"
is one way to assail, assault, attack, set on
Derived form noun profanation₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  profane(s = adj.all) blasphemous, blue - characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
Derived forms noun profaneness₂, noun profanity₁

2.  profane(a = adj.all) secular - not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
Antonym: sacred
Derived form noun profaneness₁

3.  profane(s = adj.all) unconsecrated, unsanctified - not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled; Array

4.  profane(s = adj.all) blasphemous, sacrilegious - 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"
Derived form noun profaneness₁

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. I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster]
"The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine." [1913 Webster]

2.  Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy. [1913 Webster]
"Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things." [1913 Webster]

3.  Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
"The priests in the temple profane the sabbath." [1913 Webster]

2.  To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. [1913 Webster]
"So idly to profane the precious time." [1913 Webster]

profane, adj. & v.
--adj.
1 not belonging to what is sacred or biblical; secular.
2 irreverent, blasphemous.
3 (of a rite etc.) heathen.
4 not initiated into religious rites or any esoteric knowledge.
--v.tr.
1 treat (a sacred thing) with irreverence or disregard.
2 violate or pollute (what is entitled to respect).

Derivative:
profanation n. profanely adv. profaneness n. profaner n.

Etymology:
ME prophane f. OF prophane or med.L prophanus f. L profanus before (i.e. outside) the temple, not sacred (as PRO-(1), fanum temple)

VB  misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate, desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste, overtask, overtax, overwork: squander, cut blocks with a razor, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, catch at a straw.

VB  be impious, profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff, swear, commit sacrilege, snuffle, turn up the whites of the eyes, idolize.

N  impiety, sin, irreverence, profaneness, profanity, profanation, blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege, scoffing, hypocrisy, pietism, cant, pious fraud, lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence, misdevotion, formalism, austerity, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, pharisaism, precisianism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, odium theologicum, sacerdotalism, bigotry blue laws, hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation, sinner, scoffer, blasphemer, sacrilegist, sabbath breaker, worldling, hypocrite, Tartufe, Mawworm, bigot, saint, Pharisee, sabbatarian, formalist, methodist, puritan, pietist, precisian, religionist, devotee, ranter, fanatic, juramentado, the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate, sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one, children of darkness, impious, irreligious, desecrating, profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous, un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate, hardened, perverted, reprobate, hypocritical, canting, pietistical, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much, bigoted, fanatical, priest-ridden, under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion, giovane santo diavolo vecchio.

N  laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren, people, society, temporality, secularization, layman, civilian, parishioner, catechumen, secularist, secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane.