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Etymology[]
From Old English abounden, French abonder, from Latin abundāre, present active infinitive of abundō (“‘overflow’”), which comes from ab (“‘from, down from’”) + undō (“‘surge, swell; overflow with’”).
Pronunciation[]
- Rhymes: -aʊnd
Verb[]
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to Abound (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (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.
Derived terms[]
- abounder
- aboundingly
- abound in
- abound with
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Translations[]
to be plentiful
to be copiously supplied
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am:abound ar:abound fa:abound fr:abound gl:abound ko:abound io:abound kn:abound hu:abound ml:abound my:abound nl:abound pt:abound fi:abound sv:abound ta:abound te:abound th:abound tr:abound uk:abound vi:abound