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pomping

pomping is the present participle and gerund of pomp.

Meaning of pomp

Verb (1)

pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)

  1. (obsolete) To make a pompous display.
    • pomp'd for those hard triflesa. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second...

Verb (2)

pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To pamper.

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Questions about pomping

What is pomping the present participle and gerund of?
Pomping is the present participle and gerund of pomp.

Words near pomping in the dictionary

  1. pompilid
  2. pompilids
  3. pompillion
  4. pompiloid
  5. pompiloids
  6. pomping
  7. pompion
  8. pompions
  9. pompkin
  10. pompkins
  11. pompless

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