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ˌover-aˈbound, v.
[over- 25, 27, 22, 8.]
1. intr. To abound more, be more plentiful: rendering L. superabundāre. arch. or Obs.
1382Wyclif 1 Tim. i. 14 Sothli the grace of oure Lord ouer habounde [Vulg. superabundavit, 1388 ouer aboundide, 1526 Tindale was more aboundaunt]. 1577St. Aug. Manual (Longman) 68 Whereas sinne hath abounded, there hath grace overabounded. 1604T. Wright Passions v. §4. 237 As Saint Paul witnesseth..where sinne abounded, grace over-abounded [Vulg. Rom. v. 20 superabundavit gratia].
2. To abound too much with or in something; also, of things, to be too abundant or plentiful.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxii. §16 As the World ouer⁓aboundeth with malice. 1620Ford Linea V. (1843) 66 Hee is a physitian..by purging such as ouerabound. a1744Pope Lett. (J.), The learned, never overabounding in transitory coin, should not be discontented. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 9 Diderot, in every page of his work,..abounds and overabounds in those details.
†3. trans. To surpass in abundance. Obs.
1590A. Conham To Reader in Babington's Exp. Commandm., The haruest ouer-abounded his labour, and exceeded his hope.
†4. nonce-use. To abound all over. Obs.
1612R. Sheldon Serm. St. Martin's 28 O damnable custome ouerflowing Italy! O wretched practise ouer⁓abounding Spaine!
Hence ˌoveraˈbounding vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 492 He calleth it super⁓effluentem iustitiam, ouerabounding iustice. 1683J. Howe Let. to Lady Russell in H. Rogers Life (1863) 203 That there is sin in an over-abounding sorrow. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 101/1 Those overabounding channels of water were..stopt. 1757E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances (1767) II. 178 The overabounding of his civility. |