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symbolling

symbolling 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 symbolling

What is symbolling the present participle and gerund of?
Symbolling is the present participle and gerund of symbol.

Words near symbolling in the dictionary

  1. symbolizest
  2. symbolizeth
  3. symbolizing
  4. symbolizings
  5. symbolled
  6. symbolling
  7. symbolofideism
  8. symbologenic
  9. symbological
  10. symbologies
  11. symbologist

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