contain multitudes (English, verb)
expansion: contain multitudes (third-person singular simple present contains multitudes, present participle containing multitudes, simple past and past participle contained multitudes)
Senses:
glosses: To have a complex and apparently paradoxical nature; to be inconsistent, especially in a way that is ultimately admirable or noble.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: contains multitudes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: containing multitudes
tags: participle
present
form: contained multitudes
tags: participle
past
form: contained multitudes
tags: past