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profounds

profounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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What is profounds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Profounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of profound.

Words near profounds in the dictionary

  1. profoundest
  2. profounding
  3. profoundly
  4. profoundness
  5. profoundnesses
  6. profounds
  7. profre
  8. profred
  9. profs
  10. Profs.
  11. profulgent

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