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abound in one's own sense

abound in one's own sense verb: to follow one’s own inclinations and opinions.

Verb

abound in one's own sense (third-person singular simple present abounds in one's own sense, present participle abounding in one's own sense, simple past and past participle abounded in one's own sense)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To follow one’s own inclinations and opinions.
    • But for that very reason that the conventional requires softness or impressionability to the dear little urbanities in you, if you abound in your own sense […] they are weak, & soon at your mercy.1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “[journal entry]”, in The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, volume 14, published 1978, →ISBN, page 45
    • The clearly defined purpose of the order, and the full and all but dryly legalistic expressions of its constitutions left no scope for interpreters abounding in their own sense and made schism impossible.1948, David Knowles, The Religious Orders in England, volume 1, page 161

Forms of abound in one's own sense

third-person singular presentabounds in one's own sense
present participleabounding in one's own sense
past participleabounded in one's own sense
pastabounded in one's own sense

Origin of abound in one's own sense

Compare French abonder dans le sens de quelqu'un.

Questions about abound in one's own sense

What does abound in one's own sense mean?
Abound in one's own sense means to follow one’s own inclinations and opinions.
What part of speech is abound in one's own sense?
Abound in one's own sense is a verb.
What is the past tense of abound in one's own sense?
The past tense of abound in one's own sense is abounded in one's own sense.

Words near abound in one's own sense in the dictionary

  1. aboulia
  2. aboulias
  3. aboulic
  4. aboulomania
  5. abound
  6. abound in one's own sense
  7. aboundance
  8. aboundances
  9. aboundant
  10. aboundaunce
  11. aboundaunces

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