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–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
To be great in number or amount.
To be fully supplied or filled; teem. See Synonyms at
teem
1
.
[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).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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