Abound Definition

ə-bound

abounded, abounds

verb

abounded, abounds

To be great in number or amount.

American Heritage

To be plentiful; exist in large numbers or amounts.

Tropical plants abound in the jungle.

Webster's New World

To have something in great numbers or amounts. Often used with in or with .

American Heritage

To have plenty; be filled; be wealthy (in) or teem (with)

A land that abounds in grain, woods that abound with game.

Webster's New World

(intransitive) To be full to overflowing. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

Wiktionary

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Origin of Abound

From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre, present active infinitive of abundō (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English abounden from Old French abonder from Latin abundāre to overflow ab- away ab–¹ undāre to flow (from unda wave wed-¹ in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested around 1325.

From Wiktionary