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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)
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Derived Forms

  • superabundance, noun
  • ˌܱˈܲԻ岹Գ, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of superabound1

1400–50; late Middle English superabounden < Late Latin ܱܲԻ, equivalent to super- super- + ܲԻ to abound
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Superabound Wow, who knew that the "Average Woman" was still caucasian and blonde! terylockitski @ Ok, fine.

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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.

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It is reported of the mother of Peter Lombard, Gratian, and Comestor, that she having had three sons begotten in unhallowed embraces, upon her death-bed did omit the recitation of those crimes to her confessor; adding this for apology, that her three sons proved persons so eminent in the church, that their excellency was abundant recompense for her demerit; and therefore she could not grieve, because God had glorified Himself so much by three instruments so excellent: and that although her sin had abounded, yet God's grace did superabound.

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Superabound′, to abound exceedingly: to be more than enough.—n.

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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.

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