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profundicating

profundicating is the present participle and gerund of profundicate.

Meaning of profundicate

Verb

profundicate (third-person singular simple present profundicates, present participle profundicating, simple past and past participle profundicated)

  1. (rare) 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 profundicating

What is profundicating the present participle and gerund of?
Profundicating is the present participle and gerund of profundicate.

Words near profundicating in the dictionary

  1. profundals
  2. profundaplasty
  3. profundicate
  4. profundicated
  5. profundicates
  6. profundicating
  7. profundified
  8. profundifies
  9. profundify
  10. profundifying
  11. profundities

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