superabound

[ 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 ).

superabound

/ ˌsuːpərəˈbʌndəns; ˌsuːpərəˈbaʊnd /

verb

1. intr to abound abnormally; be in surplus
2. rare.
   to be more abundant than (something else)

Derived Forms

• superabundance, noun
• ˌsuperaˈbundant, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of superabound¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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