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sourding

sourding is the present participle and gerund of sourd.

Meaning of sourd

Verb

sourd (third-person singular simple present sourds, present participle sourding, simple past and past participle sourded)

  1. (Early, Modern) To arise, issue or emerge; to give rise.
    • […]wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde[…]1531, Thomas Elyot, “The Best Governance”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton...

Questions about sourding

What is sourding the present participle and gerund of?
Sourding is the present participle and gerund of sourd.

Words near sourding in the dictionary

  1. sourded
  2. sourdeline
  3. sourdelines
  4. sourdine
  5. sourdines
  6. sourding
  7. sourdock
  8. sourdocks
  9. sourdough
  10. sourdough bread
  11. sourdough breads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sourding (page history and authors); sourd (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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