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symboling

symboling is the present participle and gerund of symbol.

Meaning of symbol

Verb

symbol (third-person singular simple present symbols, present participle (US) symboling or (UK) symbolling, simple past and past participle (US) symboled or (UK) symbolled)

  1. To symbolize.
    • […] They told me that the Holy Rood had lean'd / And bow'd above me; […] / [I]f it bow'd, whether it symbol'd ruin / Or glory, who shall tell?1877, Alfred Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 128

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Questions about symboling

What is symboling the present participle and gerund of?
Symboling is the present participle and gerund of symbol.

Words near symboling in the dictionary

  1. symbolifications
  2. symbolified
  3. symbolifies
  4. symbolify
  5. symbolifying
  6. symboling
  7. symbolisable
  8. symbolisation
  9. symbolisations
  10. symbolise
  11. symbolised

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