superabound
/suːp(ə)rəˈbaʊnd
/verb [no object] archaic
Be very or too abundant: the capitalists do not need to combine when labour superabounds...
- Although grace superabounds where sin abounds, that is no reason why we should wilfully pile up the sin.
- Earth abounded and superabounded in this kind of merchandise, and men knew not its value.
- It originated in the Stone Age when man, trying to find shelter from the superabounding beasts, lived in caves.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'be more abundant'): from late Latin superabundare (see super-, abound).
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