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overabound

overabound verb: to be too abundant or plentiful.

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.
    • March 7, 1709, Alexander Pope, letter to H. Cromwell
      never overabounding in transitory coin

Forms of overabound

third-person singular presentoverabounds
present participleoverabounding
past participleoverabounded
pastoverabounded

Origin of overabound

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

Questions about overabound

What does overabound mean?
Overabound means to be too abundant or plentiful.
What part of speech is overabound?
Overabound is a verb.
What is the past tense of overabound?
The past tense of overabound is overabounded.

Words near overabound in the dictionary

  1. over-valuing
  2. over-zealous
  3. over/under
  4. over/unders
  5. overabduction
  6. overabound
  7. overabounded
  8. overabounding
  9. overabounds
  10. overabsorb
  11. overabsorbed

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