Inflected forms: a·bound·ed, a·bound·ing, a·bounds 1. To be great in number or amount. 2. To be fully supplied or filled; teem. See synonyms at teem1.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English abounden, from Old French abonder, from Latin abundre, to overflow : ab-, away; see ab–1 + undre, to flow (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Appendix I).
-bound
re, to overflow : ab-, away; see ab–1 + und
