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superabound

[ soo-per-uh-bound ]
/ ˌsu pər əˈbaʊnd /
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verb (used without object)
to abound beyond something else.
to be very abundant or too abundant (usually followed by in or with).
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Origin of superabound

1400–50; late Middle English superabounden<Late Latin superabundāre, equivalent to super-super- + abundāre to abound

Words nearby superabound

sup, Sup. Ct., supe, super, superable, superabound, superabsorbent, superabundant, superacute, superadd, superaerodynamics
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Words related to superabound

occupy, govern, dominate, predominate, swell, swarm, bustle, brim, overflow, crawl, overrun, control, run, lead, overshadow, manage, influence, command, dictate, monopolize

How to use superabound in a sentence

  • They lavish on their masters, with the best grace in the world, the nutritious juices with which their bodies superabound.

    The Insect World|Louis Figuier

  • The more population abounds, the more will subsistence superabound, is his comfortable counter-proposition to Malthusianism.

    Contemporary Socialism|John Rae

  • It is possible that nitrates may superabound in the soil from the oxydizement of the nitrogen of a superfluity of ammonia.

    A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I &amp; II|William Sleeman

British Dictionary definitions for superabound

superabound
/ (ˌsuːpərəˈbaʊnd) /
verb
(intr) to abound abnormally; be in surplus
rare to be more abundant than (something else)

Derived forms of superabound

superabundance (ˌsuːpərəˈbʌndəns), nounsuperabundant, adjective
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