abundant
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- abundaunt (obsolete)
- habundaunt (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
Middle English abundant, habundant, aboundant< Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abudans, present participle of abundo. See abound.
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[edit] Adjective
abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)
- Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity.
- [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation. — Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
- Richly supplied — followed by in, rarely by with.
- Abundant in goodness and truth. — Exodus, 34:6
- (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
[edit] Synonyms
- ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
- bountiful
- copious
- exuberant
- liberal
- overflowing
- plenteous
- plentiful
- profuse
- rich
- teeming
- See also Wikisaurus:abundant
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fully sufficient; plentiful
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[edit] Catalan
[edit] Etymology
Latin abudans
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- Rhymes: -ant
[edit] Adjective
abundant m. and f. (plural abundants)
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[edit] Verb
abundant
- third-person plural present active indicative of abundō
