A-bound', v. i.

[imp. & p. p. ABOUNDED; p. pr. & vb. n. ABOUNDING.] [Lat. abūndāre, to overflow, abound, from ab and unda, wave, stream, crowd; Fr. abonder, Pr. abondar; abundar, Sp. abundar, It. abbondare. 1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent. Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. 2. To be copiously supplied;—followed by with or in; as, to abound with provisions; to abound in good things.