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abundantadj.adv. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French abundant; Latin abundant-, abundāns. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French abundant, Middle French abondant, habondant, habundant abounding (in), possessing in superfluity, rich (12th cent. in Old French), plentiful (13th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin abundant-, abundāns overflowing, abounding or rich (in), plentiful, (of style) excessively copious, wealthy, affluent, in post-classical Latin also (of a number) having divisors (including one) which add up to more than the number (1536 or earlier), use as adjective of present participle of abundāre abound v.1 Compare earlier abundance n., abound v.1In sense A. 3 ultimately after ancient Greek ὑπερτέλειος beyond completeness or perfection, in Hellenistic Greek also in specific mathematical sense (Theon of Smyrna, 2nd cent. a.d.: see hypertely n.). On spellings in h- see note at abundance n. A. adj.the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] a1382 [implied in: (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit iv. 9 If myche were to thee, abundauntli [a1425 L.V. plenteuousli; L. abundanter] ȝif.]. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 105 Whan humours ben to habundant in a wight. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 28v (MED) Verray herisipila is made of colre naturale habundant. a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in (1887) 10 14 (MED) The glebe of þis Ile is passynge plenteouosse & habundant. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 367 (MED) The water was so habundante that hit pereschede þe woman with here childe. c1475 (1969) l. 22 Owr Lady þat ys euer habundante To þe synfull creature þat wyll repent hys neclygence. 1509 Bp. J. Fisher (1876) 120 Where synne is haboundant charity waxeth colde. 1535 Dan. v. C Because that soch an abundaunt sprete, knowlege & wisdome..was founde in him. 1548 f. clxvijv He obteined greate loue..by his abundant liberalitie, and plentifull house kepynge. 1611 1 Tim. i. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant, with faith, and loue. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne (1647) iii. iv. §5 To expresse the abundant and overflowing charitie of our Saviour. 1667 J. Milton vii. 388 God said, let the Waters generate Reptil with Spawn abundant . View more context for this quotation 1710 tr. P. Dionis 23 The little Plegets..serve to stop the abundant Flux of Blood from the Wound. 1783 W. Cowper 24 Nov. (1981) II. 184 I..seem surprised at treatment which I had abundant reason to expect. 1842 Mar. 335/2 Tramps and cadgers were abundant in those parts. 1875 A. Helps iii. 46 The larger the town, the more varied and the more abundant is the noise in it. 1916 10 May 7/6 (headline) Conditions in German army. Food reduced, but weapons abundant. 1950 A. Huxley 226 The planet possesses abundant resources to feed, clothe, house and provide amenities for its existing population. 2010 9 Aug. 9/3 The golden toad..was abundant until the late 1980s when it all but disappeared. the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > yielding in abundance c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 59 A lusty playne, habundant of vitaille. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 151 Forto defende þe & thi contree, þat art so habundant of tresore. a1450 (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 7472 (MED) Was neuer..creature More haboundant [a1500 BL Add. habundaunt] in woman-hede. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 107 That londe..habundaunt in hony & mylke. 1526 2 Cor. xi. 23 They are the ministers of Christ..I am moare; in labours moare aboundant. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 28v Priam..All abundaunt in blisse, blent with his folke. 1632 W. Lithgow iii. 107 He reporteth..that the scuruy Ile of Manne, is so abundant in Oates, Barley, and Wheate, that it supplieth the defects of Scotland. 1673 W. Cooper iii. 21 The Sulphur of Philosophers is much more plentiful and abundant in the Minerals. 1720 D. Manley i. 32 The two Families of Mendoza and Toledo, are the most noble, most ancient, and the most abundant in Riches. 1790 tr. J. P. Catteau-Calleville i. 11 The river Motala..is very abundant in salmon. 1823 W. Scott in V. p. lxxxvi Perhaps, to be circumstantial and abundant in minute detail..is one mode of securing a certain necessary degree of credulity. c1854 A. P. Stanley (1858) vii. 313 The Jordan..was the one river of Palestine—sacred in its recollections—abundant in its waters. 1915 24 Dec. 893/2 And most of all their lives were abundant; abundant in opportunity, abundant in accomplishment. 1998 6 Apr. ii. 2/2 The Big Easy lived up to its name, abundant in junk connections and dope peddlers. the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > prime > imperfect 1557 R. Record sig. Aivv Imperfecte nombers be suche, whose partes added together, doe make either more or lesse, then the whole nomber it self... And if the partes make more then the whole nomber, then is that nomber called superfluouse, or abundaunt. 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin i. 5 There are found but few Perfect Numbers... All the rest are abundant or deficient. 1842 Oct. 196 A method is required for determining the number of abundant numbers contained between any two abstract numbers a and b. 1921 Apr. 349 12 is an abundant number since the sum 16 of its aliquot divisors exceeds 12. 2005 D. G. Wells 7 Every multiple of an abundant number is abundant. B. adv.the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] a1450 ( tr. Vegetius (Douce) f. 6v (MED) Þei ben more habundaunt ful of blood and þerfore þey ben more hardy and bolde to fiȝte. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 167 Abundant happie in al thingis. 1685 J. Chamberlayne tr. A. Colmenero de Ladesma Treat. Chocolate in P. S. Dufour 78 These Cacao's grow abundant on the high Mountains call'd the Andes in Peru. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer IV. xvi. 237 They wept abundant, and they wept aloud. 1772 tr. A. von Haller I. i. 106 Tears flowed abundant down the livid cheeks of the venerable Emir. 1853 C. Brontë II. xxv. 88 How brilliant seemed the shops! How glad, gay, and abundant flowed the tide of life along the broad pavement! 1917 July 779/2 As he sank lower and lower, voices grew abundant about him; and there arose a continuous clatter of rifle-bolts, bayonets, and mess-tins. 2006 M. Davis xxxv. 317 Luke cried, tears flowing abundant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  adj.adv.a1382 |
