profundicates
profundicates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of profundicate.
Meaning of profundicate
Verb
profundicate (third-person singular simple present profundicates, present participle profundicating, simple past and past participle profundicated)
- To make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily complicated.
- To profundify or to profundicate: A Borenverb used to denote the use of thesauric and other enrichment techniques to make a simple idea appear to be profound. […] Graduates of agricultural institutions tend to use "to profundicate" while graduates of ivy league schools tend to use "to profundify".1976, James H. Boren, The Bureaucratic Zoo: The Search for the Ultimate Mumble, McLean, Va.: EPM Publications, →ISBN, page 4
- Synonyms:
- profundify
Questions about profundicates
- What is profundicates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Profundicates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of profundicate.
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