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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To be great in number or amount.
  2. v. To be fully supplied or filled; teem. See Synonyms at teem1.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To be in great plenty; be very prevalent.
  2. To be unstinted in possession or supply (of anything); be copiously provided or furnished (with anything). To be rich or affluent (in), as that which is a special property or characteristic, or constitutes an individual distinction: as, he abounds in wealth or in charity.
  3. To teem or be replete (with), as that which is furnished or supplied, or is an intrinsic characteristic: as, the country abounds with wealth, or with fine scenery.

Wiktionary

  1. v. intransitive To be highly productive.
  2. v. intransitive To be copiously supplied;

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.
  2. v. To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
  2. v. be in a state of movement or action

Etymologies

  1. Middle English abounden, from Old French abonder, from Latin abundāre, to overflow : ab-, away; see ab-1 + undāre, to flow (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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