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abounding

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a⋅bound

  [uh-bound]
Use abounding in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.
2. to be rich or well supplied (usually fol. by in): The region abounds in coal.
3. to be filled; teem (usually fol. by with): The ship abounds with rats.
Origin:
1325–75; ME abounden < L abundāre to overflow, equiv. to ab- ab- + undāre to move in waves; see undulate

Related forms:
a⋅bound⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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a·bound   (ə-bound')   
intr.v.   a·bound·ed, a·bound·ing, a·bounds

  1. To be great in number or amount.

  2. To be fully supplied or filled; teem. See Synonyms at teem1.


[Middle English abounden, from Old French abonder, from Latin abundāre, to overflow : ab-, away; see ab-1 + undāre, to flow (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

abound 
c.1374, from O.Fr. abunder, from L. abundare "overflow, run over," from L. ab- "off" + undare "rise in a wave," from unda "water, wave" (see water).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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