abound

Definition

To be full to overflowing; to bristle.

Etymology

* First attested around 1325. * From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

Example Sentences

• "Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim."
• "Moreouer, the Lawe entred, that the offence might abound: but where sinne abounded, grace did much more abound."
• "One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...]."

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