superabound
Americanverb (used without object)
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to abound beyond something else.
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to be very abundant or too abundant (usually followed by in orwith ).
verb
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(intr) to abound abnormally; be in surplus
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rare to be more abundant than (something else)
Other Word Forms
- superabundance noun
- superabundant adjective
Etymology
Origin of superabound
1400–50; late Middle English superabounden < Late Latin superabundāre, equivalent to super- super- + abundāre to abound
Example Sentences
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Superabound Wow, who knew that the "Average Woman" was still caucasian and blonde! terylockitski @ Ok, fine.
From Time
When Swoonings which result from this Cause occur frequently in the same Person, he should, in Order to escape them, pursue the Directions I shall hereafter mention, § 544, when treating of Persons who superabound with Blood.
From Project Gutenberg
Superabound′, to abound exceedingly: to be more than enough.—n.
From Project Gutenberg
Could I but work that force as an ideal I felt it must see me through, for the beauty of it in that form was that it should absolutely superabound.
From Project Gutenberg
The more population abounds, the more will subsistence superabound, is his comfortable counter-proposition to Malthusianism.
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