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
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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It is possible that nitrates may superabound in the soil from the oxydizement of the nitrogen of a superfluity of ammonia.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
That grace might superabound where sin had abounded.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
He clothes him with those amiable qualities which superabound in his own heart, and attributes to him a fidelity which is really far more remarkable on his own side.
From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various
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 Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry
Assuredly it was a fortunate chance that took this lover of sunlight and space and splendor, in his most receptive years, to regions where they superabound.
From Poems by Seeger, Alan
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