Profited meaning

But Germany profited neither by his gifts nor by his prestige.

Demetrius Soter's son profited by the opportunity to regain the throne.

The towns also profited in no small degree from Richards absence and impecuniosity.

This was the principal outcome of Mason's persistent efforts to establish his rights to the land; for although he succeeded in procuring the appointment of officers who supported his claims, and although decrees were issued in his favour, the tenants, who contended that they had profited nothing from what his grandfather had done or that they were on lands which Wheelwright had bought from the Indians, resisted the enforcement of those decrees.

It was not till the middle of the century that the custom of allowing the author two shares in the profits during the first run of the piece was observed, and even then revivals profited him nothing.