overabound
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English overabounden, equivalent to over- + abound.
Verb
[edit]overabound (third-person singular simple present overabounds, present participle overabounding, simple past and past participle overabounded)
- (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- March 7, 1709, Alexander Pope, letter to H. Cromwell
- never overabounding in transitory coin
- March 7, 1709, Alexander Pope, letter to H. Cromwell
References
[edit]- “overabound”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.