Proficient

pro-fish'ent, a. Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; well-skilled; versed. — n. One who has made considerable advances in any busine , art, science, or branch of learning an expert, adept. projiciens, p. pr. of proficere, to go forward, make progre , pro and facere, to malce.]— Profi'cience, -ctency, -fish'en-sl, n. State or quality of being, etc. Profile, prolil or -tel, n. An outline or contour a vertical section through a building, figure, machine, piece of work, section of country, etc. [Paint. & Sculp.') A head or portrait represented_sidewise or in a side view. v. [-filed (-fild or -feld), -filing.] To draw the outline of, draw in profile. p>-ofilo, a border or drawing of a picture, pi ofilare, to draw, fr. pro (= L. pro) and filo, thread, line, stroke, L. filum, a thread see File F. profil fr. the It.] — Pro'filist, One who takes profiles.