abound

• First attested around 1325.
• From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre, present active infinitive of abundō (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbaʊnd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbaʊnd/

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• Rhymes: -aʊnd

abound (third-person singular simple present abounds, present participle abounding, simple past and past participle abounded)

1. (intransitive) To be full to overflowing. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18^th century.][1]
3. (intransitive) To be highly productive.
4. (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]

   Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.

   • Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Romans 5:20.
5. (intransitive) To revel in. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 18^th century.][1]
6. (intransitive) To be copiously supplied

   The wilderness abounds in traps.

   • The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. - Chambers.

• (copiously supplied): Abound is followed by in or with.

• bountiful