superabound

[soo-per-uh-bound]

su·per·a·bound

[soo-per-uh-bound]
verb (used without object)
1.
to abound beyond something else.
2.
to be very abundant or too abundant (usually followed by in or with).

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English superabounden < Late Latin superabundāre, equivalent to super- super- + abundāre to abound
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superabound (ˌsuːpərəˈbaʊnd)
 
vb
1.  (intr) to abound abnormally; be in surplus
2.  rare to be more abundant than (something else)
 
superabundance
 
n
 
supera'bundant
 
adj

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