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profounded

profounded is the simple past and past participle of profound.

Meaning of profound

Verb

profound (third-person singular simple present profounds, present participle profounding, simple past and past participle profounded)

  1. (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
  2. (obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
    • But no man is likely to profound tbe Ocean of that Doctrine1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

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Questions about profounded

What is profounded the simple past and past participle of?
Profounded is the simple past and past participle of profound.

Words near profounded in the dictionary

  1. proform
  2. proforma
  3. proformas
  4. proforms
  5. profound
  6. profounded
  7. profounder
  8. profoundest
  9. profounding
  10. profoundly
  11. profoundness

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