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abounding in one's own sense

abounding in one's own sense is the present participle and gerund of abound in one's own sense.

Meaning of abound in one's own sense

Verb

abound in one's own sense (third-person singular simple present abounds in one's own sense, present participle abounding in one's own sense, simple past and past participle abounded in one's own sense)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To follow one’s own inclinations and opinions.
    • But for that very reason that the conventional requires softness or impressionability to the dear little urbanities in you, if you abound in your own sense […] they are weak, & soon at your mercy.1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “[journal entry]”, in The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, volume 14, published 1978, →ISBN, page 45

Questions about abounding in one's own sense

What is abounding in one's own sense the present participle and gerund of?
Abounding in one's own sense is the present participle and gerund of abound in one's own sense.

Words near abounding in one's own sense in the dictionary

  1. abounders
  2. aboundest
  3. aboundeth
  4. abounding
  5. abounding in
  6. abounding in one's own sense
  7. abounding with
  8. aboundingly
  9. aboundingness
  10. aboundings
  11. abounds

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