overabound

English

Etymology

From Middle English overabounden, equivalent to over- +‎ abound.

Verb

overabound (third-person singular simple present overabounds, present participle overabounding, simple past and past participle overabounded)

  1. (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overabound in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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