abound
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English abounden, from Old French abonder, from Latin abundāre, present active infinitive of abundō (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell; overflow with”).
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- Rhymes: -aʊnd
[edit] Verb
abound (third-person singular simple present abounds, present participle abounding, simple past and past participle abounded)
- (intransitive) To be plentiful; to be very prevalent; to overflow.
- The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. - Chambers.
- Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Romans 5:20.
- (intransitive) To be copiously supplied; to be wealthy in; to teem with; -- followed by in or with.
- The wilderness abounds in traps.
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[edit] Translations
to be plentiful
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to be copiously supplied
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