overabound

English

Etymology

From Middle English overabounden, equivalent to over- +‎ abound.

Verb

overabound (third-person singular simple present overabounds, present participle overabounding, simple past and past participle overabounded)

1. (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
   • March 7, 1709, Alexander Pope, letter to H. Cromwell

     never overabounding in transitory coin

References

• “overabound”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.