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profounding

profounding is the present participle and gerund 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 profounding

What is profounding the present participle and gerund of?
Profounding is the present participle and gerund of profound.

Words near profounding in the dictionary

  1. proforms
  2. profound
  3. profounded
  4. profounder
  5. profoundest
  6. profounding
  7. profoundly
  8. profoundness
  9. profoundnesses
  10. profounds
  11. profre

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