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profusing

profusing is the present participle and gerund of profuse.

Meaning of profuse

Verb

profuse (third-person singular simple present profuses, present participle profusing, simple past and past participle profused)

  1. (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
    • Mercury, thy help hath been profused[1611?], Homer, “Book XXIV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […]...

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Questions about profusing

What is profusing the present participle and gerund of?
Profusing is the present participle and gerund of profuse.

Words near profusing in the dictionary

  1. profuseness
  2. profusenesses
  3. profuser
  4. profuses
  5. profusest
  6. profusing
  7. profusion
  8. profusions
  9. profusive
  10. profusively
  11. profusiveness

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