abundance

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It would be too strikingly evident, that abundance, whencesoever derived, is advantageous to him, whether this abundance might be the result of his own labor, of ingenious tools, or of powerful machinery; whether due to the fertility of the soil, to the liberality of nature, or to an inundation of foreign goods, such as the sea bringing from distant regions might cast upon his shores.

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  1. noun A great or plentiful amount.
  2. noun Fullness to overflowing: "My thoughts . . . are from the abundance of my heart” (Thomas De Quincey).
  3. noun Affluence; wealth.

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  1. from Middle English abundance, habundaunce, aboundance (see aboundance), from Old French abondance, from Latin abundantia, abundance, from abundare, abound: see abound.
 

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