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verb
  1. (intransitive) To be plentiful; to be very prevalent; to overflow.
    • The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. - Chambers.
    • Where sin abounded grace did much more . Romans 5:20.
      1. (intransitive) To be copiously supplied; to be wealthy in; to teem with; -- followed by in or with.
      The wilderness abounds in traps.
Translations:
  • Dutch: wemelen (van)
  • French: abonder
    (trans-mid)
  • German: im íœberfluss vorhanden sein
  • Italian: abbondare, essere abbondante
  • Spanish: abundar, ser abundante
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: From Old English abounden, French abonder, from Latin abundare "to overflow", which comes from ab- + unda "wave".

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